Double Atari

  Difficulty: Introductory   Keywords: Tactics
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Double atari

A double atari is a play that puts two groups of stones into atari, i.e. it reduces the two groups to one liberty each.

White W1 is a double atari. It reduces both marked black groups to one liberty. Black can only save one of his marked groups.

Failure to see a double atari can be very costly in games.

(Dansol in Korean, I believe. In Japanese it is ryouatari.)


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Double Atari

BenAxelrod - This is a very simple way to get a double atari. As a beginner, playing against mostly other beginners, I see it a lot.


Protect the middle of three double ataris


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