Probably I will lose the D16 stones soon and resign.

The sequence I was talking about in the last video; 1 - 6 is inevitable if he wants to save the top stones, 7 is the geta I'm (pretty) sure works clean. Variations to come in the next video depending on his response.

Hmm...maybe I should have left out 7 and played up to 5 instead, seems like it gives away too much information. What if my opponent didn't read out 7 for instance and assumed the group would live up to 6?

But I also feel that it's just more truthful this way. And since the point of a Malkovich game is to learn and teach rather than to win (that's not to say I've been pulling back punches), I felt it was more appropriate this way. And of course, there's also the possibility that 7 is just a donk net and I misread.

So, in a nutshell, I'm very divided on this issue.

I know the feeling well, and it's why I never tend to trigger my tenuki (a point I made in my current Malkovich game about numsgil's trigger). However, I also agree that that's part of the point of Malkovich games to learn. It's the reason why I want my next Malkovich game to be a completely open Malkovich game against whoever wants to play.

hahah, nothing to lose at this point.

I promise I'll add a video here later, but I'm in a library cramming for an exam in 60 minutes. I read out this move though (hopefully).

ho hum last chance

Just wrapping it up now, I'll just make one big video at the end if Black resigns here since now I'm certain the group is dead unless I made a gigantic misread (I've had my moments of hallucination). If Black doesn't resign, then the game is very comfortable for me.

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$$ | . . O O X X X X X X . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O O O O O O . X X O O O . . . |
$$ | . O . X X X X . . , . . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O b O O X O . . . . O X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . c . a O a . . . X X X X O . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O O X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . O X . |
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If Black plays at either 'a', then I connect at 'b'. If Black plays 'b', then I block at 'c'.

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$$ | . . O O X X X X X X . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X O O O O O O . X X O O O . . . |
$$ | . O . X X X X 7 9 0 . . O X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O 1 O O X O 8 . . . O X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 4 3 O 5 . . . X X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X X . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . O O X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . O X . |
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