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Eye
Path: EyesCollection   · Prev:   · Next: TwoEyes
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Life & Death, Go term

An eye is a liberty of a group which the opponent cannot remove.

Eyes are a central concept in go, since two eyes guarantee the life of a group.

A false eye looks like an eye, but is actually not an eye. Sometimes, a large eye is still considered only one eye.

There is much discussion on the definition of what is an eye and what is not. The general eye definition is non-mathematical. There are also discussions of technical algorithmic definitions meant mainly for mathematicians and computer programmers, where absolute precision is needed.

[Diagram]
Diag.: An eye in the centre

[Diagram]
Diag.: An eye on the side

[Diagram]
Diag.: An eye in the corner


The Eyes Collection gathers links to many pages related to eyes at Sensei's Library.



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