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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