Go atari: one liberty left
Atari means a stone or group has just one liberty and can be captured next move. Learn to put stones in atari and to run your own to safety. How Go works · lesson 4 of 5.
The lesson in words
A stone or group with only one liberty left is in atari. It can be captured on the next move.
Try it: Put the white stone in atari.
Now it’s your stone in atari. One way to save it is to extend: add a stone on its last liberty so the group has more.
Try it: Save your stone.
Put theirs in atari, rescue yours. Next: the two moves you can’t make.
Questions
White has a group in atari. What can you do on your next move?
Capture it, by filling its last liberty.