Go/Glossary of terms
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This page may need to be [edit] Aji
[edit] amashi
[edit] Atari
A stone or group of stones with one liberty left are said to be in atari.
[edit] cut
[edit] Chuban
[edit] Dan
[edit] Death
[edit] Eye
[edit] Fuseki
[edit] Goban
A Go board.
[edit] Gote
[edit] Group
A group of stones (of one colour) that are nearby on the board.
[edit] Furikawari
[edit] Hane
[edit] Handicap
[edit] influence
The influence a group of stones has on part of the board. In other words, the places where one player can easily make territory.
[edit] Joban
[edit] Joseki
A fixed good set of moves. There are many joseki, and there are books and websites documenting them. It's a good idea to study the common ones.
[edit] katachi
[edit] Kaya
[edit] Ko
[edit] kyu
[edit] Life
[edit] Moyo
[edit] Nakade
[edit] prisoners
The stones that are captured from the other side. Traditionally they are kept in the lid of your Go bowl.
[edit] Secter line
[edit] Seki
[edit] sente
[edit] shape
[edit] shimari
[edit] Shodan
[edit] stone
One the small playing pieces used to play Go.
