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Basic living eye shapes
Path: LifeAndDeath · Prev: SmallestGroupWithTwoEyes · Next: Seki
Keywords: Life & Death
Four spaces in a row, whether straight four, bent four or twisted four), are enough to live. We'll show for straight four:
If Black plays 1, White plays 2, and vice versa : 1 and 2 in the diagram are miai.
Five point eyespaces are alive except for the crossed five and the bulky five. Some examples:
Six point eyespaces are alive except for the Rabbitty six. An example is Rectangular six. All eye shapes of seven points are alive.
This shape is one that seems most likely to be killed, but after Black 1 the position is seki. See butterfly seven for the explanation. Path: LifeAndDeath · Prev: SmallestGroupWithTwoEyes · Next: Seki This is a copy of the living page "Basic living eye shapes" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |