Suppose that White plays at a, forcing Black to respond.

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Black still has 4 points: 3 points of territory plus 1 dead White stone. The score remains the same.

albacore: Many thanks for taking the trouble to answer. I can see only 2 points of territory, plus the 1 dead stone. Are you counting black at 2 as territory? The software I use only counts the empty points and dead enemy stones, and my understanding was this was the Japanese way of scoring. Hence the point of my question.

Paul Clarke: At the end of the game Black would remove from the board, as it has no way to avoid being captured. That leaves Black with three empty points plus one point for the prisoner.

albacore: I had not understood that aspect of the counting, and I guess I misunderstood how my software counts territory and prisoners, too. Many thanks for the clarifications in your answers.

jfc: cough area counting cough.

Bill: cough Sunjang Baduk Scoring cough, hack ;-)

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