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Damezumari examples
Difficulty: Intermediate
Keywords: Go term
Here are some examples of the Japanese term, damezumari, which is typically translated as shortage of liberties. Example 1
This is a position from the famous Blood Vomiting Game. In Jowa, Powerful Fighter(Gohwan Jowa), Takagi Shoichi say that, because of Black's damezumari he does not appear to be able to win the ko.
Example 2
This example comes from Modern Famous Games (Gendai no Meikyoku), vol. 6 (Go Seigen ii), pp. 135 -6.
Black has to exchage
Black cannot stop at a here because of the damezumari. This is a simple problem, so I'll leave it for people willing to solve.
Black presses White and makes thickness in the center.
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