Glossary G lossary gives brief explanations of some of the most often used Go terms and concepts. These terms are characteristic for the Go-related language and are essential for its understanding.
Italicized words are transliterations of the corresponding Japanese terms.
Your JavaScript is either disabled, or not supported by your browser. An immediate threat of capture, i.e a situation when a stone or a group of stones have only one liberty left. A move placed in a cross-cut pattern. It's a standard practice to fill dame points by play stones of any color after game completion to simplify territory counting. Balance in general is very important in Go.