Questions tagged [opposition]
In chess, opposition is a tactical pattern most normally encountered in the endgame when two kings face each other on a rank or file, with only one square in-between them.
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Description of rectangular opposition in Silman's Complete Endgame Course
In Silman's Complete Endgame Course, the author gives this rule in order to gain the Opposition when there isn't a direct connection in between the kings:
In this type of situation, the rule is to ...
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Is this selfmate solvable or fixable?
This is a kind of a repost of a fascinating chess problem that appeared yesterday. The original poster got shy or something, and bafflingly deleted his own post, which was beginning to attract some ...
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