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

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This result is terrible for white.

In following problems you need to identify last remaining place, where points could be gained, or reduced.
The gained points are marked in the correct answer. The lost reduction opportunities are marked in wrong variations.

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!

What happens if either player tries to capture opponent?

What happens if either player tries to capture the opponent?

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