mangue:
i would like to refer to my game vs FromHell to express my view, that game is still in progress.

your post to Matarilevich on 13 October 2006, 10:27:55
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>about giving a pawn or two to gain tempos:
In some situation, you can give a pawn to gain initiative, like in kings gambit.

435152 vs FromHell
14. pg5 pxg5 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Pf5

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>For most of us occidental chess players, we tend to play xiangqi in the same way we would play chess, which is probobaly a handicap sometimes. Asian players, which are far superiors, mostly do not care of losing pawns or elephants or even cannon, because they see the development as a major challenge and do not concentrate too much on material.

17.Nf6 Na9 18.Cb9 Ch9 19.Nh7! Cxb9 20.Rb8 Kd10

the position of that game arrived at move 20 now,i will comment this game later.