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| go_ld_making_ex_1_start_kill_c | ||
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The only way to prevent making two eyes is to play white 1.
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| go_ld_making_ex_1_no_libs_c | ||
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If black plays, black is left with just one liberty, and white can capture black.
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| go_ld_making_ex_1_no_two_c | ||
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Eventually black is reduced to one liberty, and white can capture black stones.
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| go_ld_ex_2_c | ||
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White cannot play to A, because white stone would not have liberties. Also white cannot play to B, because again white stone would not have liberties. So white cannot start killing at all.
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| go_ld_big_territory_n | ||
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Bigger Territories
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| go_ld_big_territory_c | ||
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Making or preventing two eyes can get very difficult. When learning it is good to play out any unclear situations. Reading out all positions can be difficult.
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| go_ld_big_ex_1_s_fg | ||
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Diagram
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| go_ld_big_ex_1_s_c | ||
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White can reduce black to single eye, if white plays first.
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| go_ld_big_ex_1_e_fg | ||
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Diagram
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| go_ld_big_ex_1_e_c | ||
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To see whole sequence move by move, use arrows near the diagram!
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| go_ld_big_ex_2_s_fg | ||
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Diagram
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| go_ld_big_ex_2_s_c | ||
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This black group can always make two eyes. Black has two alternative places to make two eyes: A and B.
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| go_ld_big_ex_2_dead1_fg | ||
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Diagram
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| go_ld_big_ex_2_dead1_c | ||
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If black does not respond to white's move, White can kill black.
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| go_ld_big_ex_2_dead2_fg | ||
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Diagram
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| go_ld_big_ex_2_dead2_c | ||
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White can kill this position, as already seen in earlier positions.
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| go_ld_false_ex_1_s_fg | ||
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Diagram
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| go_ld_false_ex_1_s_c | ||
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It may look like black has two eyes. But in reality black has only one eye. White may need multiple moves to capture black stones, but eventually white can capture black.
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| go_ld_false_ex_1_e_fg | ||
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Diagram
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| go_ld_false_ex_1_e_c | ||
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Please replay the moves in the diagram to see how white can capture black. Black cannot resist the capture.
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