No. 7: Red's Right Horse Coils at the River vs Black Trades the Edge Soldier to Open the Chariot (7)

"No. 7: Red's Right Horse Coils at the River vs Black Trades the Edge Soldier to Open the Chariot (7)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 22 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.	H3+4	P1+1
9.	P9+1 ×Soldier	R1+5 ×Soldier
10.	H4+5 ×Soldier	H7+5 ×Horse
11.	C5+4+ ×Horse	A6+5
12.	E3+5	R1-2
13.	C5-1	H2+1
14.	C7=6	R1=5
15.	R9=8	R5+1 ×Cannon
16.	R8+6 ×Cannon	C8=2 ×Chariot
17.	R2+9+ ×Chariot	A5-6
18.	R2-3	C2+4
19.	P5+1	R5+1 ×Soldier
20.	R2=3 ×Soldier	C2=9 ×Soldier
21.	R3=1 ×Soldier	C9=5+
22.	A4+5

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

22 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 1 variation. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 14: 14. R9=8 H1+3 15. R8+6 H3-5 16. R8-3 C8+4 17. A6+5 P3+1 18. P7+1 R1=5 19. C5=9 H5-7 20. R8-1 R5+3 21. R8=5 H7+5 Try it on the board

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