Tsumego Hero
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    Counting Liberties & Winning Capturing Races

    Counting liberties and reading out capturing races are important basic skills that you need to learn. Many players, even quite strong ones, have poor grasp of these fundamentals.

    Here for the first time is a thorough explanation of the principles of counting liberties and their application to practical situations that are likely to occur in your games. Once you have mastered the material presented here, you may find yourself out-fighting stronger players who previously exploited your lack of knowledge. The reason players miscount liberties is that they don't really understand what constitutes a liberty and what doesn't.

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    ISBN 1-932001-04-2

    32 Problems

    Avg. difficulty: 21k