No. 11: Black Flies the Left Elephant vs Red Shifts Chariot to the Right Flank File

"No. 11: Black Flies the Left Elephant vs Red Shifts Chariot to the Right Flank File" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 16 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.	R9=4	R1+3
9.	R2+4	H2+1 ×Soldier
10.	C7=6	R1=4
11.	R4=8	R4+4 ×Cannon
12.	R8+6 ×Cannon	R4-2
13.	R8-1	C8+1
14.	R8-3	P1+1
15.	H9-8	P9+1
16.	H8+7	C8=9

Final position

10 moves

16 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 9: 9. R2+6 R1=4 10. R4+3 H2+1 11. C7+3 H1-2 12. A6+5 R4=3 13. C7=9 H2+3 14. R4=8 C2=1 15. H9+7 R3+3 16. R8-4 R3-2 17. C9+1 A6+5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 8: R1+1 9. R2+6 R1=4 10. A4+5 H2+1 11. C7-1 C2+5 12. H3+4 C2=3 13. A5+6 C3=5 14. H4-5 R4+6 15. R4+7 R4+1 16. P5+1 P1+1 17. H5+4 C8=9 18. R2+3 H7-8 19. R4=2 H1+3 20. R2+1 P1+1 21. R2-7 H3+1 22. C7+1 C9+4 23. C7=5 C9=5+ 24. K5=4 R4+1+ 25. C5-2 R4=3 Try it on the board

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