Life and Death
Why a group with two separate eyes can never be captured, why one eye is not enough, and how to make eyes in the corner, on the edge and in the centre.
Life and Death
Seki, or mutual life, is a strange but important situation in Go where neither side can capture the other. How it forms, why both groups live and how it is coun
Life and Death
A false eye looks like an eye but cannot keep a group alive. How false eyes form, a simple diagonal test to spot them, and how to fix or exploit them.
Life and Death
How the shape of a group's eye space decides whether it can live, with the classic three-point shapes, the idea of the vital point and simple rules for small sp
Life and Death
The corner is the easiest place to live and the trickiest place to read. How corner groups make eyes, why shapes behave differently there, and habits that keep
Glossary
The words behind every capture in Go: liberty, atari, self-atari, snapback, connect and cut. Clear definitions with small positions you can check yourself.