Unsettled

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Life & Death

Unsettled has two related but different meanings in Go:

See also Unsettled - Introductory

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Unsettled groups in life and death

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Unsettled shape

If Black plays at a, he'll live; if White plays there she'll kill Black.

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Another unsettled shape

This is another simple shape which is unsettled.

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White plays and lives

If White plays first, she plays W1, and her group is alive in a straight four since a and b are miai.

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White dies

If Black plays first, then White is killed by B1 and B3.


Unsettled groups in the middle game

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Unsettled Black stones

In this example, the black+circle stones are considered to be floating and unsettled.


See also


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