First line capture

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Tactics

Chinese: 一路吃
Japanese: -
Korean: -

The first line capture is one of the basic edge patterns. A fanciful name for this pattern is the grotto.

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Capturing on the first line

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More Capturing (ladder)

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Capturing variant (net)

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...

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The Grotto, reversed

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?

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Capturing variant near the corner

However, beware of the special properties of the corner!

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white is captured

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white is captured (continuation)


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