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Point
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Go term

A point (Japanese: moku) is the basic unit on the board. Where the lines of a board intersect is a point. The lines are in fact unnecessary; they aid in framing points on the board for the eye. Simple dots would work as well, as in an ASCII representation of a go board. A stone placed on the board, simply represents a given identity of a point, and represents an influence toward the identity of other points in proximity.

Hence the game is really about giving an identity (black or white) to more points than the opponent.

In Chinese Rules by the way, occupied points, (point with stones) are counted along with the empty territory, to make a total to compare with other. See Scoring.


Main author: Stevertigo



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