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Eye
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  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Life & Death, Go term

Eyes are a central concept in Go, since two eyes guarantee the life of a group. And one eye can mean a great advantage in a semeai (close battle). Beware of a false eye that may look like an eye.

In general, what Go players call an eye is an empty space surrounded by stones of one colour.

[Diagram]
Diag.: An eye in the centre

[Diagram]
Diag.: An eye on the side

[Diagram]
Diag.: An eye in the corner


There is much discussion on the definition of what is an eye and what is not. The general eye definition is non-mathematical. There are also discussions of technical algorithmic definitions meant mainly for mathematicians and computer programmers, where absolute precision is needed.


The Eyes Collection gathers links to many pages related to eyes at Sensei's Library.



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