No. 28: Red Retreats the Left Cannon vs Black Shifts Chariot to the Right Flank File

"No. 28: Red Retreats the Left Cannon vs Black Shifts Chariot to the Right Flank File" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 23 moves long. The move list below marks every check and capture, and the variations from the source book are listed after it.

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Pieces on the board

Red has a General, 2 Advisors, 2 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 2 Horses, 2 Cannons, 5 Soldiers. Black has a General, 2 Advisors, 2 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 2 Horses, 2 Cannons, 5 Soldiers.

Move list

1.	C2=5	H8+7
2.	H2+3	R9=8
3.	R1=2	H2+3
4.	P3+1	P3+1
5.	H8+9	P1+1
6.	C8=7	H3+2
7.	R9+1	P1+1
8.	P9+1 ×Soldier	R1+5 ×Soldier
9.	R2+4	E7+5
10.	R9=4	A6+5
11.	C7-1	R1=4
12.	R4+3	R4+3
13.	A4+5	C8+2
14.	C5=4	C2=3
15.	C4-1	R4-2
16.	C4+2	R4+2
17.	E3+5	H2+3 ×Soldier
18.	H9+7 ×Horse	R4=3 ×Cannon
19.	H7+6	C3+1
20.	H6+4	A5+6
21.	P3+1	P7+1 ×Soldier
22.	C4=3	R3=4
23.	E7+9

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

23 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 2 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 14: C8=5 15. R2+5+ H7-8 16. P5+1 C5=8 17. R4-1 R4-4 18. E3+5 H8+7 19. R4=2 C8-4 20. C4-1 P7+1 21. P3+1 R4=7 22. H3+4 C8=9 23. C7=8 H2-3 24. C8+2 C9=7 25. R2=6 C2+2 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 12: R4=6 13. H3+4 R8=6 14. H4+5 H7+5 15. C5+4 R6+6 16. P5+1 K5=6 17. A6+5 H2+3 18. P5+1 C2+2 19. A5+4 H3+4 20. R2+3 C2=5 21. R2-2 P7+1 22. R2+4+ K6+1 23. R2-8 H4-6+ 24. C7=4 A5+6 Try it on the board

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