So I'm involved in a Malkovich game on the Life in 19x19 forum. I really love Malkovich games because you can play at your own pace and it's nice to try and explain your thoughts so that others can gain from them. I've played a few Malkovich games before, but I thought I'd discuss this one because the direction of play is especially interesting. Here is how the game has progressed thus far:
I'm White. So far things are pretty groovy. Black has a monstrous amount of territory at the top. He has maybe 35-40 points easy. It's a lot of points, but I've got my moyo of justice! Black plays at 39 which is a good move to move into my moyo. So, my moyo is deep, but thin, whereas Black has locked up a lot of points, but in the process, his framework on the right side is largely broken up or has gaping holes. I have yet to decide how I'll deal with Black 39.
In the game Black approached the upper left 3-4 point, but I originally thought he would take the top side. It's big from his perspective as it gives him a double wing formation, and Black 11 us a huge point to deal with White's territorial framework towards the bottom. I dunno, Black wasn't bad in the game at all, so this could just be another way to play. The standard sequence in the upper left was brand new to me though. I had never seen Black's kosumi there.
