Ugh, I think it was a mistake. Malkovich games leave way too much time for diffidence to assert itself.

I couldn't figure out a way to accomplish something useful in the corner, so I have to take what I can on the side. I'm expecting this:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . 5 X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . X . . 7 6 . X X O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X . . O . . |
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After which I'm not sure what he will do.

So far, according to plan. The next move is up to him. I could look for an awesome forcing move to play first, but... meh. I'd rather get this game going again than spend two days being petty.

As planned

Gah, I keep changing my mind about this. I think it's best to preserve whatever aji J17 has, if I can. The downside is that this move is sort of gote; the upside is that he can't just keep pushing without endangering N15.

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$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . X . . O X . X X O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 8 . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . . . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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In case anyone is wondering what my larger-picture strategic thinking is: above the arrow, I am progressively screwing things up, although I still have the potential to do okay if (i) my UL corner lives, (ii) my cutting stones live for now, (iii) I get to make some territory on the right side while attacking his cutting stones. Below the line, it looks like I got two handicap stones. My main strategic goal - get a non-disastrous result above the arrow, get 2 out of C3, O5, and K10. My second-best - tenuki from a disastrous situation above the line, fight for 80% of the territory below the line.

I'll go with my intuition and see what unfolds

I think I need to push once more before I can hane. Which is unfortunate, because once his stones get to six liberties they're out of immediate danger.

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . 5 O O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . 6 4 O X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . X . . O X . X X O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O X . . O X X . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O . . . 1 X . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X . . . 7 2 3 9 . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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I think I have two urgent things to do: to settle my top group and to do something about the two cutting stones. I think the top is more urgent. I don't really know what is the best move locally, but this is my intuition.

E17 looks like an interesting alternative, but I think I will be screwed if black blocks at F17

Big move, can he kill the corner in one move? I doubt it, he'd have to start with B17 and then I could J17 and all hell would break loose. Now I need to figure out how to make a moyo in sente.

I'm still going with pretty much my instinct. He can seal me in, and he will have a huge framework, but it's still invadable (lots of options in fact). I will OTOH seriously threaten his upper left corner (at least I hope).

To make a go of this I really think I need to get some strength over here. There are really a lot of holes is my position, so comfortably saving my corner isn't an option right now.

My position is not good, and I need to play aggressively to have a chance to fight back. This may also help my cutting stones in the future. I'm not sure if R10 is better, but I chose this because of the cutting stones and also because I want to build some influence to counter his prospective center moyo.