Atari
- 1 The state of a stone or group of stones that has only one liberty left.
In the diagram, the single stones are all in atari. The only liberties left are the circled intersections.
The five black stones on the top right are in atari as well. The only liberty they have left is the circled intersection.
The two white stones in the lower right corner are in atari too.
- 2 An American electronic entertainment company. This company has this name because it was founded by two Go players.
Spot the Atari!
Unable to see which stones are under atari? Some exercises can be found at Spot the Atari.
By the way, hatari is the word for 'danger' in Kiswahili. Thought you ought to know that. Charles
See also:
- Calling out atari
- Double atari
- bad: Atari Atari and Beginners play atari
- worse: Auto-atari
- difficult: Costly atari
- Atari Go
- Two liberties
- Good atari - bad atari