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zugzwang
[ tsook-tsvahng ]
noun
- a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.
zugzwang
/ ˈtsuːktsvaŋ /
noun
- a position in which one player can move only with loss or severe disadvantage
verb
- tr to manoeuvre (one's opponent) into a zugzwang
Word History and Origins
Origin of zugzwang1
Word History and Origins
Origin of zugzwang1
Example Sentences
White’s position is bleak and approaching zugzwang as none of her pieces can move without material loss.
“It is clear that a military or political victory will not be possible. But a loss is not possible either. This is turning into the situation in chess known as zugzwang, when each step is worse than the next and yet it is impossible not to move.”
The chapter title “ZUGZWANG”? A connection between chess and diplomacy.
One of his best games came against New Jersey GM Brandon Jacobson in Round 5, tying up his opponent with a neat positional zugzwang out of an unconventional King’s Indian set-up.
He likened his dilemma to a "zugzwang" - the position where a player in chess or draughts faces only bad moves.
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