temporary seki

Stones that share liberties such that, in the short term damezumari prevents their capture, but in the longer term one of the groups can in fact be captured, form a temporary seki. In the diagram, the two marked groups appear to form a seki. However, due to lack of liberties, the lower unmarked eyeless black group can be captured, giving extra liberties to the marked white stones, thus eventually allowing the capture of the marked black stones.