Example game on a 9x9 board:
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Start of game: Black to play. Black has a 2 stone handicap. The Black dots are where handicap stones are placed usually. Black rating is 14Kyu. |
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Black has decided to secure the edge of the board as this offers more area. |
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Black attacks centre of board to gain more area and link existing stones more strongly. |
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Black must play here or lose their stone and thus let white edge left around the board. |
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Black attacks the single white and white responds accordingly. |
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Black plays in this position almost forming a complete eye, to safeguard the single black stone of the right hand edge. |
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Filling up no mans land areas
to gain some advantage in area. Black Passes game at this point as White has enough space to form 2 complete eyes. White Passes too. |
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Final score shown White has 16 empty grid line intersections, including the outer edges, and no prisoners. |
Some games on a 13x13 board
Some games on a 19x19 board