No. 14: Red's High Chariot Patrols the River vs Black's Right Ranked Chariot (3)

"No. 14: Red's High Chariot Patrols the River vs Black's Right Ranked Chariot (3)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 25 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	E7+5
8.	R2+4	R1+1
9.	H3+4	R1=6
10.	H4+5 ×Soldier	A6+5
11.	H5+3 ×Horse	C2=7 ×Horse
12.	R9=8	C8+2
13.	C7-1	H2+1 ×Soldier
14.	R8+5	R8+1
15.	A4+5	C8=4
16.	R2+4 ×Chariot	R6=8 ×Chariot
17.	R8=3 ×Soldier	C7-2
18.	C5=4	R8+5
19.	P7+1	H1-3 ×Soldier
20.	E7+5	C4+2
21.	C7+2	C7=6
22.	H9-7	H3-5
23.	R3=5	P3+1
24.	C7+6+ ×Elephant	E5-3 ×Cannon
25.	R5-1 ×Horse

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

25 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 10: H7+5 11. C5+4+ A6+5 12. R9=6 R6+2 13. C5-1 H2+1 14. C7-1 R6+3 15. P5+1 R8=6 16. A6+5 -R+5 17. R6+3 H1+3 18. R2-2 H3+1 19. C7=8 P1+1 20. R6=9 +R=4 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 12: 12. C7=2 R6+5 13. P5+1 H2-3 14. C2+5 H3+5 15. R9=2 C2+2 16. -R=8 H5-3 17. R2-3 A5+6 18. E3+5 R6-1 19. R8+3 P7+1 20. P3+1 C2=7 21. H9-7 H3+4 22. H7+6 R6+1 23. H6+5 H4+3 24. R8=6 A6-5 Try it on the board

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