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Liberty
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Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Go term
Liberty has two different, but related meanings in English. The first is an empty point adjacent to a stone or chain of stones. The second is a play required to capture a stone or chain of stones. When a stone or a group of stones loses its last liberty, it is said to be captured and is removed from the board. Sometimes it takes more plays to capture a stone or chain of stones than its number of adjacent empty points. Often an approach move is counted as a liberty in the second sense.
As you can see in this diagram,
The group of three white stones has three liberties. Comments:
Further readingGive me liberties: a path to all subjects where liberties count. Authors
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