Zugzwang
(Noun) Being forced by circumstances to do something which you do not wish to do.
The word is from the German and means "compulsion to move"
The term is most frequently used to describe a strategy in chess whereby one player is forced to make a move they do not wish to make. It is also used more generally to describe any comparable situation.
The word is from the German and means "compulsion to move"
The term is most frequently used to describe a strategy in chess whereby one player is forced to make a move they do not wish to make. It is also used more generally to describe any comparable situation.
Of course I lost! He knew my game plan from the start. Put me in zugzwang after zugzwang till he had me right where he wanted me.
I'm in a terrible zugzwang. Can you give me some advice?
(as verb/adj) This year's bonus has me zugzwanged with the tax man. If I declare it, I'll lose the lot.
I'm in a terrible zugzwang. Can you give me some advice?
(as verb/adj) This year's bonus has me zugzwanged with the tax man. If I declare it, I'll lose the lot.
Zugzwang by StaticRabbit January 14, 2010
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