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Eyes that Lose Liberties - Example 1
Keywords: Tactics
Here are examples of Eyes that lose liberties. It is part of the Eyes Collection.
When making an eye with 1, Black has three liberties: two outside liberties and one eye liberty. White too has three liberties: the outside liberties marked x. White to move wins the fight.
If Black takes away the outside liberty first, Black wins the capturing race.
White can make a comparable mistake when moving: the forced 1-2 sequence leaves a single eye liberty. Although White can count the inside liberty at a, Black has two outside liberties and can move: Black wins the fight.
If instead White takes away outside liberties first, White wins the fight. This is a copy of the living page "Eyes that Lose Liberties - Example 1" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |