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Capture three to make an eye
Path: EyesCollection · Prev: LearnTheEyeStealingTesuji · Next: TwoEyesCanDie
Difficulty: Beginner Keywords: Life & Death
Capturing three stones suffices to make an eye. An example at the edge of the board.
When White captures at
...even when Black throws in with HugoDePayens? : Isn't the second eye a false one? mgoetze: a is the first eye and b the second. They are both quite real I assure you. :)
This works away from the edge, too.
unkx80: What is implied in the capture three to make an eye rule is that if the RichardHunter: Readers of the British Go Journal will know that there are exceptions to "capturing three stones makes an eye".
Hans: If black captures the three stones with 1 white recaptures to the right of 1 and black has only one eye.
unkx80: Because of Hans: OK, since this is on a beginner page I will add another diagram:
Hans: Because of A related page is capture two recapture one. See also the pages in the Eyes Collection. See also: Path: EyesCollection · Prev: LearnTheEyeStealingTesuji · Next: TwoEyesCanDie This is a copy of the living page "Capture three to make an eye" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |