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Cut
Path: Mistake   · Prev: BadShape   · Next: Damezumari
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape

A cut is the action or the move which separates two connected groups of stones.

Cutting is a central concept in Go - you are normally well adviced to keep yout own groups connected but cut your opponents apart. (Divide and conquer :-)

[Diagram]
Diag.: A cut

Due to the two marked black stones, the marked white stones are cut from the living white stones on the top edge.

It is worth noting that cutting stones are often themselves separated from their group, so if you are cutting two groups to capture one of them, you must nake sure that your cutting stones will not get captured first.

See also Shapes and Connections for examples of cuts, captures and connections. Other related subjects include semeai, ladder, geta.

--MortenPahle



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