Big Eye liberties example 3

    Keywords: Tactics
[Diagram]

6=12

An internal eye of six points is worth twelve liberties in a semeai. However, in a six-point big eye which is dead, black has already got a stone in it, so this reduces the actual liberties to 11.

[Diagram]

6=12 continued

It may look like White cannot win since Black has 11 outside liberties, but the six-point big eye gives White 11 liberties as well. So if White has sente...

[Diagram]

6=12 continued again

[Diagram]

6=12 (diagram 4)

[Diagram]

6=12 (diagram 5)

And Black is captured.



This is a copy of the living page "Big Eye liberties example 3" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2014 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.
[Welcome to Sensei's Library!]
StartingPoints
ReferenceSection
About