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Author:  Bill Spight [ Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Castle game to finish

Inspired by jts's shenanigans, here is an oldie. :)

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[go]$$W White to play {Black won by 1 pt. Black has 3 White prisoners.}
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . O X X . . . X X O O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . O X X . X X O . O O X X X X |
$$ | . . . O O O O X . X O O O O X X O X X |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . X X O . O X , O O X |
$$ | . O X X X O O X . X O O . O X X O O X |
$$ | . . O . . O X . . X O . . O . . O . O |
$$ | O O O X X O . X . X . X . O X X O . O |
$$ | O X X . X O . O O . . . X X . . O . . |
$$ | X X . . X O . . . X X O X . . X O O O |
$$ | . . . , X O . . O O O O X . . X X O X |
$$ | . . X X O O . . . . . O O X X X O O X |
$$ | . X O O . . O O X O . X O . O . . X X |
$$ | . X . O O X X O O O X X O . O X X . . |
$$ | . . X O X . X O X X X O X X X . X X . |
$$ | . X O O X . X O . . . O . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X X X O X X . X , X O . O O O O X . |
$$ | . O X O O X . X . . X X O . X O O X . |
$$ | . O O . O O X . . . . X X O X O . O X |
$$ | . . . . . O X . . . . . . O . . . O . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


How should the play go?

(More than one line of play is optimal for each player. :))

Enjoy! :)

Author:  Horibe [ Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Castle game to finish

Seems I recall the upper left as being famous...

Author:  Bill Spight [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Castle game to finish

Well, nobody bit. :(

It is actually hard to go wrong, in the sense of failing to end up with Black winning by 1 point. However, the problem is trickier than I thought.

This is a Castle Game between Inoue Dosetsu (White) and Yasui Chitetsu. This was a time of esoteric knowledge, when each go house guarded its secrets. There are indications that House Inoue had a better grasp of the endgame that House Yasui. Certainly Dosetsu seems more sure-footed than Chitetsu. :)


Author:  gonut [ Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Castle game to finish

Nice problem. Thanks Bill!

I was always off by a point, because I missed the required White prophylactic in the lower right corner. Dagnabbit.

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