Capturing opponent stones is important skill both in capture go and go. Following introduces different ways to capture opponent stones.

This result is terrible for white.

In the end black cannot reduce white liberties to one, and the ladder fails. The result is bad for black. Blacks stones are weak, and no white stone is captured. White can expect to attack or capture some of the black stones.

If black tries to continue the attack, white can play as in diagram. This lets white to capture a stone from either of the marked positions next. White move could as well be in A or B.

Net is a kind of loose way to capture stones.

Snapback

This is the only way to capture the stones.

Next you can try to capture opponent stones with snapback.

Try to capture marked white stones using snapback!

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