A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece.
For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King.
I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
My game is based on improvisation. Often, a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.
For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King.
Every game is different. Every opposition comes with a different threat.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
For me, opposition is just another opposition.
Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.
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