distant opposition in pawn endings

Was reading dvoretskys explanation on dist opposition. White was a pawn down and in many positions could (not all)could get the closed opposition and obtain a draw.

Any guidelines on distant opposition. I'll put up the graph of the position later- Was wondering if used correctly in lower levels you could draw by being a pawn down with D.O.

Any ideas on the subject. Stay on same colors ect. Sounds very basic but if you really don't know the topic seems awkward.

there is a mentor couse about opposition. it is called openeings, endings...

i don't think he has chess mentor considering he is a basic member

As usual, no simple answer. Yes, you may draw with only K vs K and P but it depends on the position and, yes, opposition plays a role. Most basic chess books cover opposition. It is easy to understand with a little study.

If white goes to E1? its a draw. Otherwise white should win. "Source Dvoretsky endgame manual"

After move 4 dvoretsky lets you play the rest and assumes you know thats why I Posted here but can't the white king and I know you can't because he said so but can't the white king move either towards the center and exchange or try to circle around the kingside and take opposition?

The diagram looks to be the same one that was posted weeks ago. The square white can move to for a win is g1. g2 also works.

I got it now. By forcing kings around in circle or else white king can get around kingside if black doesn't cover d file quick enough. Needs to open G1 or G2.

Isn't 1.Kg1 silly? It is still winning, but after 1...Kf7 white has to bring back the previous position - 2.Kf1! Ke7(e8) and play the right move, 3.Kg2.

1.Kg2 at once is much simpler.

Here's another nice example. White wins despite the fact he can not gain the opposition.

Impressive, I think I've solved it (spoiler alert).

While my diagram fails to solve it I have found the solution based on preventing the Kc7 line I gave: you send the king to g8 rather than f8, and black's king must stay on a8, which is too far away.

Pfren's example is excellent!

But it's not a case of distant opposition, as he points out. Distant opposition (and even traditional opposition) belongs to a larger idea called "Corresponding squares".

Pfren's example is an excellent case in point. Put simply, there's a group of squares the white king can that if the black king is on a corresponding square, white wins.  So white's g6 and g8 correspond to Black's a7 and so on.

Yes, #14 is the one and only correct solution...