Unsettled
Difficulty: Beginner Keywords: Life & Death
Unsettled has two related but different meanings in Go:
- In life and death, a group is unsettled when its status depends on the player who gets to play first.
- In the middle game, a group is unsettled when it is weak and lacking eyeshape. This is in contrast to strong and settled groups.
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Unsettled groups in life and death
If White plays first, she plays , and her group is alive in a straight four since a and b are miai.
Unsettled groups in the middle game
See also