Question: In a game of Go, we were in a strange position. If my opponent moved at one point to put my pieces in atari, his pieces would get taken. If I moved at that same point my pieces would’ve been taken.

So if neither of us move at that point, are our stones dead?

How do you count this kind of position in the counting phase?

Answer: 
As TimK pointed out, the situation **could be but may not be** a [Seki](http://senseis.xmp.net/?Seki) but without a diagram to show to us, it's not easy for us to guess what happened.

**Seki** : no one die, everyone live

```
$$cm1
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O X . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

```

Some patterns may look like a Seki but can be a simple [Bulky Five](http://senseis.xmp.net/?BulkyFive) for example. In this case, even if both opponents can attari it is not a seki.

**Bulky-five** : Black dies after capturing because he cannot make two eyes.

See [this variation on eidgogo](http://eidogo.com/#wAykXy4O:0,28) to explain why the bulky five is dead.

```
$$cm1   
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . O X . O . X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

```

There's also a **Bent-three** : Black dies

```
$$cm1   
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . O X X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O O O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . |

```
This situation is called [Seki](http://senseis.xmp.net/?Seki). Scoring depends on the ruleset you're using.