It took me a second to figure out, but here's how I believe you should play, assuming a bit of black support on the outside (which is not unreasonable given that even if white decides to live in the corner early, you don't have to expend all your forcing moves until later in the game):
$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 . 0 | $$ | . . X O . X O . . . B . . . X 3 2 . 6 | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . 1 5 7 | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X . X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . O . O O . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O O . . . X X , . . X . O O X X . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . X O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------
[go]$$Wcm8 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 1 O 5 . | $$ | . . X O . X O . . . B . . . X X O . O | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . . X O 6 | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X X X | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X . X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . O . O O . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O O . . . X X , . . X . O O X X . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . X O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . | $$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X . X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . O . O O . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O O . . . X X , . . X . O O X X . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . X O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
No need to second-guess myself here, and I think that's one of the pitfalls in Malkovich games. Because there are no time limits (kind of) and playing a move in a Malkovich game isn't as convenient as just clicking the mouse, often times one may feel pressured to over-analyze a situation and think too much over the simplest of moves (though for a lot of people their overall problem with their Go is thinking too little of their moves rather than too much).
Also I'm going to refrain from triggers for as long as possible.
I am suprised that Araban played that move. It was also my first choice, but then I read this sequence. Does anybody know what he's planing (or where I went wrong?)
$$Bc a, b miai to kill? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X 2 O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . | $$ | . b . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Mnemonic wrote:I am suprised that Araban played that move. It was also my first choice, but then I read this sequence. Does anybody know what he's planing (or where I went wrong?)
$$Bc a, b miai to kill? $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X 2 O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . | $$ | . b . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . c . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Did Shaddy already answer your question, or would you still like my feedback?
Shaddy's comments gave me plenty to think about. I assume that the kyu-type follow-up you were referring to would be to try to live in the corner right away, and that MW's response was pretty much what you were expecting
[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . | $$ | . a . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X . X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . O . O O . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O O . . . X X , . . X . O O X X . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . X O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
If this move occurred to you for even a second, get it out your system asap. Yes it eyes the connection problem more strongly, but White playing 'a' is terribly, terribly painful and decimates the corner territory.
[go]$$Bcm51 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . | $$ | . a . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X . X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . O . O O . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O O . . . X X , . . X . O O X X . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . X O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
If this move occurred to you for even a second, get it out your system asap. Yes it eyes the connection problem more strongly, but White playing 'a' is terribly, terribly painful and decimates the corner territory.
[go]$$Wcm60 Prisoner Count: B-0 W-0 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . | $$ | . X X O . X O . . . . O . . X 4 3 . 7 | $$ | . X O O . . . . . O . . . . . , X O . | $$ | . X . . . . O . . . . . . . . . X 6 . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 a . . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d . . . | $$ | . . O . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . X . X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . | $$ | . . . . O . O O . . . . . . . . O X . | $$ | . . O O . . . X X , . . X . O O X X . | $$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . X O . X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . b . . O X X O X . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
b: i think it is my right. (which means i have better chance to play that move) c: i like this move. i dont think we expect me to play this move. d: this look too fast. i might get attacked and lose my flow and lose.
"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown" Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson
is an endgame mistake that loses two points. 
is not guaranteed life. In particular, the push-out makes ko.
