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zugzwang
[ tsook-tsvahng ]
noun
, Chess.
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of zugzwang1
First recorded in 1900–05; from German, equivalent to Zug “move, pull” + Zwang “constraint, obligation”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of zugzwang1
from German, from Zug a pull, tug + Zwang force, compulsion
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Example Sentences
The Belarusian opposition is trapped in a zugzwang: personal casualties are the cost of their political progress.
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