First line capture
Difficulty: Beginner Keywords: Tactics
The grotto is a fanciful name for capturing stones on the first line. It is one of the Basic Edge Patterns.
This method does not work if there is a friendly stone (square) to flee toward. However, the stone can still be caught in a net as below. In this variation, the cutting point at a must be be protected...
Otherwise, White cuts with 1, and the capture will go the other way!
tapir: Isn't white dead even after capturing on the first line?