Capturing techniques

Table of contents Capturing techniques Moves that may be part of capturing techniques Related concepts See also

This page catalogs and describes a list of techniques for capturing stones. Many of these techniques are useful for capturing the cutting stones.

The focus here is on capturing individual chains with fewer liberties, rather than large groups with many liberties. For the latter, see killing techniques and life and death.

Capturing techniques

• Double atari
• Ladder
  • bao chi and men chi
• Net
• Snapback
  • Double snapback
  • Shunt
• Connect-and-die
  • Crane's nest tesuji
• Squeeze tesuji
• Loose ladder
• Basic edge patterns
  • First line capture
  • Second line capture
  • Third line capture

Moves that may be part of capturing techniques

• Filling in of liberties
  • Atari
  • Approach move
• Sacrifice
  • Throw-in
  • Two-stone edge squeeze
• Double ko

Related concepts

• Cut
• Life-and-death
  • Killing techniques
• Capturing races
• Shortage of liberties
  • Double shortage of liberties

See also

• Give me liberties
• Two liberties