Capture 2 Stones at Once

When a stone touches another stone of the same color, it becomes part of a group. A group of stones has more lines touching it than any single stone can have.

This 2-stone white group in the middle of the board has 6 lines touching it ...

... which means it would take 6 black stones to capture it.

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