Liberty has two  different, but related, meanings in English Go
terminology. - The first sense of liberty is an empty point
adjacent to a single stone or physically connected chain of
stones.In a legal position each chain has at least one
liberty.This is the basic meaning. Such a liberty is called a
dame in Japanese. The liberty - introductory page explains some
of the more basic implications in fighting. - The second sense
of liberty, important for tactics, focuses on a play required to
surround a single stone or chain of stones .It is in regards to
the action and purpose of removing liberties (as described in
the first sense of liberty). This is referred to with 'te'
(literally 'play' or 'move') in Japanese and takes into account
both the number of _basic_ physical liberties, and the actual
playing sequence with actual optimal playin mind. Here the
number of liberties measures number of plays to remove and
surround a group from the board. It is discussed in liberty
(tactical sense). The different types of l