Two hanes gain a liberty
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A position with two hanes on the first line can have one more liberty than its dame count.
Example:
and
make two hanes on the first line with sente. Now the Black stones in the corner have 4 liberties.
And Black wins the race to capture.
Example from http://www2.odn.ne.jp/~aaf23280/igo-6/igo-14.htm
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