THE OPPOSITION
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13. THE OPPOSITION
When Kings have to be moved, and one player can, by force, bring his King into a position similar to the one shown in the following diagram, so that his adversary is forced to move and make way for him, the player obtaining that advantage is said to have the opposition.
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Example 26.—Suppose in the above position White plays
1 K — Q 4
Now Black has the option of either opposing the passage of the White King by playing K — Q 3 or, if he prefers, he can pass with his own King by replying K — B 4. Notice that the Kings are directly opposed to each other, and the number of intervening squares between them is odd — one in this case.
The opposition can take the form shown above,
