No. 13: Red's High Chariot Patrols the River vs Black's Right Ranked Chariot (2)

"No. 13: Red's High Chariot Patrols the River vs Black's Right Ranked Chariot (2)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 27 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.	R9=6	H2+1 ×Soldier
10.	C7-1	R1=6
11.	R6+3	A6+5
12.	H3+4	R8=6
13.	P3+1	P7+1 ×Soldier
14.	C7=4	H7+6
15.	C4+4 ×Horse	+R+3 ×Cannon
16.	C5=4	P3+1
17.	P7+1 ×Soldier	H1+3
18.	H9+7	P7+1
19.	R2=3 ×Soldier	H3-5 ×Soldier
20.	R3=2	H5+7
21.	R2+3 ×Cannon	+R+1 ×Horse
22.	R6=4 ×Chariot	R6+5 ×Chariot
23.	R2+2+	A5-6
24.	A4+5	R6=3 ×Soldier
25.	R2-6	H7-6
26.	E3+5	H6+8 ×Chariot
27.	E5+7 ×Chariot	C2-1

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

27 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 12: P3+1 13. P7+1 H1+3 14. R6-2 R6+4 15. C5=7 E3+1 16. R6+3 P7+1 17. R6=9 P7+1 18. R2+2 H7+6 19. R2=4 H6+4 20. R4-2 P7=6 21. +C=8 R8=7 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 12: 12. A6+5 R6+5 13. H3+4 C8=9 14. R2+5+ H7-8 15. C5+4 H8+6 16. C5=9 C2=1 17. P7+1 H1+3 18. H9+7 H3-5 19. P7+1 H5-6 20. R6=7 C9+4 21. H7-5 C9-1 22. P7+1 R6=5 23. P7+1 -H+5 24. P7+1 C9=6 Try it on the board

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