No. 6: Red's Right Horse Coils at the River vs Black Trades the Edge Soldier to Open the Chariot (6)

"No. 6: Red's Right Horse Coils at the River vs Black Trades the Edge Soldier to Open the Chariot (6)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 19 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.	R9=4	A6+5
11.	H4+6	P5+1
12.	P7+1	H2+1
13.	C7-1	H1-3 ×Soldier
14.	H9+7	R1+1
15.	R2+6	H3+5 ×Soldier
16.	H7+8	R1=2
17.	H6-5 ×Horse	R2=5 ×Horse
18.	C7=5	R5=2
19.	-C+4 ×Soldier	R2=5

Final position

10 moves

19 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 14: R1-2 15. P5+1 C8+2 16. P5+1 H3-5 17. R2+3 C8=4 18. R2+6+ H7-8 19. H7+6 R1=4 20. H6-5 R4+3 21. C7+8+ E5-3 22. C5+3+ C2=5 23. R4+2 R4=5+ 24. R4=5 K5=6 25. R5-2 C5+6 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 16: P7+1 17. C5+5+ A5-6 18. C5-1 C8=5 19. H6+5+ H7+5 20. R2+9 C5-2+ 21. C7=5 A4+5 22. C5+6+ E3+5 23. R4+5 E5-3 24. E3+5 P7+1 25. A4+5 Try it on the board

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