atari
The white stone is in atari since it only has one liberty. Black is threatening to capture.
Meaning
Noun
- A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. In chess, the closest equivalent words would be check, where a king is under attack from one or more pieces and pawns, or the state of being en prise, when a piece or pawn is undefended and can be taken without recapture.
Origin
- Borrowed from Japanese 当たり.
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