Endgames

What is a Opposition in chess?

  • King
  • Tempo
  • Endgame

A king-versus-king relationship where the player not to move has the useful setup.

Where the term comes from

The opposition was systematically described in the endgame literature of the nineteenth century, though the technique appears in far older studies. It is the clearest example of a chess idea that looks like magic until you count squares, and then looks like arithmetic.

Opposition FAQ

What is a opposition in chess?

A king-versus-king relationship where the player not to move has the useful setup.

Train this pattern on your own games

Reading a definition is not the same as spotting the pattern with a clock running. Chessiro's free game review runs Stockfish 18 over every move you play, names the concept behind each mistake, and turns the positions where it cost you into training puzzles. You can also see the idea in action in the classic games collection, where the greatest players in history demonstrate it.

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