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I'd like to introduce you to the concept of the opposition.
It's a form of zugzwang compulsion to move.
So say in this position it is blacks turn to move them.
Black is in big trouble.
The compulsion to move when the kings are in opposition like this.
So the kings are separated by one square.
So it's a mutual blockade.
But if black is forced to move, they're releasing the blockade.
So say Kennedy thinks we can go here and win.
This eighty six point G5 might drop off like this.
So if they go to six instead, then we can go over this side of the border.
So you can see that having the opposition when you have the opposition and it's the opponents tend to
move, they have to get their king out of the way.
They're kind of on blocking and blockading your king.
It can be pretty lethal.
Now, let's change the side to move.
So I'm just going to play a move like this, which is inferior.
And just to switch the sides, both sides, whites turn to move in this particular situation, one can
actually hold here by keeping the opposition like this with King Efrain and Black.
And also also hold this position now because black can be claver here and play king have sex and after
Kingi for make sure that it's Wayne's turn to move when the Kings are in opposition.
So the king is forced back.
So you can see it's a very, very powerful tool for both sides.
And the white king does not want to step back here because then whites kind of lose after King five.
The white king can't blockade here and has to make way and whites kind of lose all the pawns on this
occasion.
Either way, the white king goes.
So it's very, very important to know the tracks for keeping the opposition even to George.
Sometimes it's very, very important.
So just to recap here, King differe keeps the opposition in the case of King E5 that Black is forced
to go back.
And if Black doesn't want to lose hair, black can't go to ESX, believe it or not.
Yeah, there is a resource to save this, which is actually King DC.
So waiting for King e4e thinking ESX so you can see the sights to move can play a totally decisive role.
So if you have the opposition and your opponents, King is forced to move out of the way.
That can sometimes be really advantageous.
And given that fact, you need to be very, very careful in such situations.
You may be able to draw them depending on the particular position.
So having the opposition is basically like getting the opponents king to move out of the way.
So the opponent should have avoided this position from earlier.
So I hope that's clear about the opposition.
So just to recap, in the initial position as we set it up, if it's Black's turn to move, they've
had it there.
King has to get out of the way.
It's a form of zugzwang compulsion to move when it's really, really bad that you have to move, you're
damaging opposition.
Total damage is done in the position to position because they have that compulsion to move out of the
way.
So say King dissects.
To recap, we're going to just go on the King side and mop up, you know, the six pawn and then we're
going to win that.
And if they went to F six instead, then we're going to go to the queen side and this vivid example
and we're going to win easily after that.
And what we did in this example is artificially say, well, what if it was once to move in, this particular
example would lose.
So we set that up in all this move.
Really, it's just to set up the position with Winstone to move.
Now, we can draw this with the careful move, for example, with a careful move like King the three.
And also, you know, King Afri would do either of those two moves would do because they prepare to
get the opposition again in the event of King if King Ifrah in the Black Kings forced to also use the
same resource King desex to make sure that the white king's going to be forced back so they can both
draw like this.
So I hope you can vividly see what's going on here, that you somehow sometimes have to sidestep diagonally
like this with your king in order to create the opposition to get the opponents to go back.
So if either side went vertically, it will be fatal.
If the king goes like this or like this, then it's fine and it's it's nonfatal.
However, if the king went vertically, then black would get the opposition and whites kind of losing
by force if the king has to move out of the way.
You know, a major weakness of the last move, dropping all of these points.
And you can see the other way as well, you know, care for a major weakness while also getting out
of the way, dropping all the pawns.
So it's vital to sometimes have that opposition scenario where
depending on the side to move, it can be fatal because your king's getting out of the way in a key,
key manner.
So I hope that's clear about the opposition and why it's important to consider in endgames.
The power of zugzwang comes up quite a bit in endgames, the convulsions move and the opposition opposition
as a kind of special kind of zugzwang.
In a way, you can think of it like a special kind of Tsewang, OK, and so much.