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Territory
To make territory is the ultimate goal in Go. In order to distinguish territory from a sphere of influence we can describe territory as: A part of the board that is surrounded by stones belonging to a living group, and in which the opponent cannot make a living group.
This Black group delimits two areas, in which he will easily make an eye. It is impossible for White to create a group with two eyes in the area. Black makes 21 points of territory.
The exchange up to 8 is a common continuation of the ThreeThreePointInvasion. The exchange of White A to Black D is more of an endgame sequence. The marked points constitute an area controlled by White, where Black can't make a living group (if White answers correctly). We can say that this san-san invasion makes about 10 points of territory. This is a copy of the living page "Territory" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |