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Eyes that Lose Liberties - Example 1
Keywords: Tactics
Here are examples of Eyes that lose liberties.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/40/24b08941403ffd9a3ed358a1ee8a9259.png) | Eyes that lose liberties |
After making an eye with , 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.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/18/f46e8be40543efbca288c397be5f1792.png) | Sometimes it is better ... |
If Black takes away the outside liberty first with , Black wins the capturing race.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/0/39dd33f5ff65aa4e78b45ed9916ae903.png) | Eyes that lose liberties (2) |
White can make a comparable mistake: the forced - sequence leaves a single eye liberty. Although White can count the inside liberty at a, Black has two outside liberties and has the move: Black wins the fight.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/6/8b6f4d60d994de248ea35a3f4e4f6c3c.png) | Eyes that lose liberties (3) |
If instead White takes away outside liberties first, White wins the fight.
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