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Does a group with two eyes always live?
The rulebook says two eyes make a group alive; replies add the seki caveat.
- Go rulebook · Rulebook · Life, Death, and Eyes (Strategic Notes)
- russ · Community · 2026-06-10
- Eric Brosius · Community · 2017-05-04
- russ · Community · 2006-11-24
Almost always: two separate eyes cannot both be filled without suicide, so such a group cannot be captured. Seki also lets groups live without two eyes, and eyes are a strategic idea rather than a formal rule.