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Atari (against one White stone) |
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| If you touch the stone with your mouse, the breathing spaces will appear. | |
| This is a continuation of the previous section.
These White stones are in atari. Each White stone in the diagram above has only one breathing space. If Black plays just one stone in each case, they will be captured. They are in danger. |
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| If you do nothing when you are in atari, Black will play a move and White will be captured, as in the diagram below. | |
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| The result when Black plays a stone and White is captured. | |
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Atari (against two or more stones) |
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| If you touch the stone with your mouse, the breathing spaces will appear. | |
| Even groups of two or more stones can be
put into atari. If you do nothing, Black will play a stone, and White will be captured, as in the diagram below. |
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| The result when Black plays a stone and White is captured. | |
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Atari (against a large number of stones) |
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| If you touch the stone with your mouse, the breathing spaces will appear. | |
| Even large numbers of stones can be put into
atari. If you surround the opponent's stones, you can capture even a large number of stones. |
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| The result when Black plays a stone and White is captured. | |