Eyes that Lose Liberties - Example 1
Keywords: Tactics
Here are examples of 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.
White can make a comparable mistake: the forced
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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.
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