Life and death is a fundamental concept in the game of Go, where the status of a distinct group of stones is determined as either being "alive", and may remain on the board indefinitely, or "dead," where the group will be lost as "captured". The basic idea can be summarized by:
- A group must have two eyes (meaning secured internal liberties) to live (meaning to survive through to the end of the game).
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