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rule of capture
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(copied from basic rules of Go - this rule is undisputed among the different rulesets)
Rule of Capture: If a play surrounds the opponent's stone or stones completely, the player captures them and removes them from the board.
(Example 1)
The white stone is almost surrounded. It is adjacent to only one empty point, shown by the square. (An empty point adjacent to a stone or connected group of stones is called a liberty.) It is not adjacent to other nearby points, shown by circles.
Black's move
Black's move (Example 2)
The 3 white stones are connected along the lines of the board, and stand or fall together.
Blacks' move (Example 3)
A play can also surround different stones at the same time even if not all of them are connected along lines. Black's move (Example 4)
The White play It does not matter that temporarily a white stone does not have a liberty; after execution of the White play, all stones on the board have at least one liberty again. This is a copy of the living page "rule of capture" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |