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!

_________________
The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

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.

_________________
The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

Nice problem. Thanks Bill!

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