![]() ![]() If Black tries to do it, soon they will realize their own stones wouldn't have any liberties. Black can play inside the eyes surrounded by White but they won't ever take away all of White's liberties. Let's now look at White's group on the bottom side. Because the group is surrounded, Black can take both of White's liberties and capture the whole group. For example, White's group on the left side on the diagram above has one eye. We will also learn about a trap of so called "false eyes".Īn eye can be bigger than just one intersection. Further in the article we will see basic examples of such problems. If you go to a baduk academy in Korea or to a weiqi school in China, you will see that kids spend a lot of time on life & death problems between board game Go lessons. In Go schools students solve so called "life & death problems" each day. Learning how to make two eyes is one of the most important parts of studying Go. If a player manages to create two eyes, the group will live. Now we know when a stone put inside opponent's area can survive. Watch the 1min 50s video about the eyes in the Go game The conclusion is that if the group has two eyes, it is alive. It means that Black won't ever manage to take liberties of White's group. Because of the same reason Black cannot play at D. Black cannot put a stone at C because it would have no liberties. Now let's look at the group on the upper side. After taking it off of the board Black's stone will have three liberties. Can Black play there? Yes, because this move will capture White's group. However, look at White's group on the right side. It seems A is a liberty of White's group which cannot be removed! We say that this is a group with one eye. Black cannot put their stone at A because it would have no liberties. Look at White's group on the left side of the diagram above. Here comes one of the most important questions in the board game Go: which stones can survive in opponent's area and which will get captured? To answer this question, we will need to learn the concept of "eyes". If a player wants to protect their territory, they need to prove the invading stone can be captured. However, the opponent can still put a stone in that area. When a player surrounded a part of the board, it might become their territory. ![]() To get a more detailed explanation of the rules, read the article. In the board game Go the goal is to take control over a bigger part of the board than the opponent. However, if the opponent takes all its liberties (puts stones on all neighboring intersections), the stone is taken off of the board. A stone which was put on the board never moves. Then two players take turns to put stones on empty intersections of the board. The Go board is empty at the start of the game. To start to play Go you just need to know a few things – the concept of eyes is one of them. What makes board game Go special is that it has very simple rules and yet the game is deep and complex. ![]()
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