Three in a row

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Life & Death

Chinese: 直三 (zhi2 san1)
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Three in a row

In this position, Black's eyespace consists of three points in a row.

The point a is the vital point: if Black plays there then he has two eyes and lives, but if White plays there then Black is dead.


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