[Rare] Seki that doesn't look seki

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@Vsotvep

Capturing those two stones is definitely a good thing to do, though, it gives two captures without losing any points (since it’s territory in seki).

It ultimately gives three points to White, by capturing those two Black stones, and then another stone that is forced to throw in, in order to preserve the seki.

@ArsenLapin1

Because Japanese rules say: “no points in seki”.

More specifically, it goes beyond just the concept of “eyes / territory in seki do not count” (under Japanese rules) and also applies the concept that dead stones in the eye of a seki position are not removed/counted for scoring.

I talk about this sort of situation here:

Odd Cases in the Japanese Rules

Compulsory Capture of Dead Stones In most situations, the Japanese rules compel players to pass before capturing all strategically dead stones, since playing additional moves to actually remove dead stones would reduce one’s points under territory scoring. For example, consider the following position. [dead%20stone] In this corner, black has 4 points (3 from territory plus 1 for the white prisoner). However, if black were to play an additional move here (at the end of the game, when they shou…