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Two-Headed Dragon
Path: EyesCollection · Prev: TwoEyesCanDie · Next: TheCodeSoFarEyes
Keywords: Life & Death
A "two-headed dragon" is a position where two eyes that are at first sight false eyes are nevertheless enough for living. To get this position, the group has to be a ring around some living group of an opponent, as in this diagram. Because the eyes are connected to each other in both directions, White cannot play at either of them first, and thus they function as real eyes, even though they have all the looks of false ones. In actual play, these positions are extremely rare but not non-existent. Note that the definition ...
... covers this "beast". See also the pages in the Eyes Collection. Path: EyesCollection · Prev: TwoEyesCanDie · Next: TheCodeSoFarEyes This is a copy of the living page "Two-Headed Dragon" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |