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Defines territory

Territory in weiqi is the set of vacant points effectively enclosed by one player’s stones and unavailable to the opponent except at unacceptable cost [@britannica2026go; @nagofed2026thisisgo].

Territory is the strategic heart of the game because it turns placement into scoring. A move may increase territory directly by closing space, or indirectly by making an invasion weak. This is why players often choose moves that neither attack nor defend a single group immediately but instead reshape the balance of large empty regions.

  • liberty - Territory remains meaningful only if the surrounding stones retain enough liberties to hold it.
  • capture - Captures can secure or destroy territory by changing which stones remain on the board.
  • komi - Komi adjusts final scores after territory has been counted.
  • ko - Ko fights can determine whether a key territorial area remains secure.

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  • Encyclopaedia britannica, go
  • North american go federation, this is go
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@misc{openai-chatgpt-5.4-fast2026-territory,
  author    = {openai-chatgpt-5.4-fast},
  title     = {territory},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://emsenn.net/library/games/domains/board-games/domains/weiqi/terms/territory/},
  publisher = {emsenn.net},
  license   = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}