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Liberty
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[Diagram]
Diag.: Liberties

A stone or a group of stones is said to have 'liberties' if it has empty intersections next to it. In the diagram, the liberties of the white stones are circled.

When a stone or a group of stones looses its last liberty, it is said to be captured and is removed from the board.

--MortenPahle (10k)

(Liberty in Chinese is "Qi"--PinYin? that means 'breath'
The thought being that stones need breathingspace and once the last breathingspace is removed, the stones die.
the same 'Qi' which is considered to be beneficial in terms of Feng Shui.
-- MP & Zhang Hu )



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