Go/Glossary of terms
Aji edit
amashi edit
Atari edit
Chinese: 打吃 (da3 chi1)/叫吃 (jiao4 chi1) | Japanese: アタリ/当たり (atari) | Korean: 단수 (dansu) A stone or group of stones with only one liberty left are said to be in atari.
cut edit
Chuban edit
Dan edit
Chinese: 段 (duàn) | Japanese: 段 (dan) | Korean: 단 (RR: dan, M-R: tan) Dan is the basic unit of rank used to denote Go strength in the case of professionals and stronger amateurs, dan can be translated as "degree"
Death edit
Eye edit
Fuseki edit
Chinese: 布局 (bùjú) | Japanese: 布石 (fuseki) | Korean: 포석 (RR: poseok, M-R: p’osŏk = posuk) Fuseki is a Japanese go term meaning "arraying stones", and refers to whole board openings.
Goban edit
A Go board.
Gote edit
Group edit
A group of stones (of one colour) that are nearby on the board.
Furikawari edit
Hane edit
Handicap edit
influence edit
The influence a group of stones has on part of the board. In other words, the places where one player can easily make territory.
Joban edit
Joseki edit
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.
katachi edit
Kaya edit
Ko edit
kyu edit
Life edit
Moyo edit
Nakade edit
prisoners edit
The stones that are captured from the other side. Traditionally they are kept in the lid of your Go bowl.
Secter line edit
Seki edit
sente edit
shape edit
shimari edit
Shodan edit
stone edit
One the small playing pieces used to play Go.