Unsettled

Unsettled has two related but different meanings in Go:

• In life and death, a group is unsettled when its status depends on the player who gets to play first.
• In the middle game, a group is unsettled when it is weak and lacking eyeshape. This is in contrast to strong and settled groups.

See also Unsettled - Introductory

Table of contents Unsettled groups in life and death Unsettled groups in the middle game

Unsettled groups in life and death

Unsettled shape  

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

Another unsettled shape  

This is another simple shape which is unsettled.

White plays and lives  

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

White dies  

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

Unsettled groups in the middle game

Unsettled Black stones  

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

See also

• Unsettled three
• Status
• Settled