A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [German Zugzwang : Zug, pull, move (from Middle High German zuc, pull, from Old High German, from ziohan, to pull. See deuk- in Indo-European Roots) + Zwang, compulsion (from Middle High German twanc, from Old High German).]
You can't pass in chess. So even if you'd be better off making no move at all on some occassions, you HAVE to. Even if you know that, whatever you do, things will be worse than they are, you have no choice but to do SOMETHING.
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A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move.
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[German Zugzwang : Zug, pull, move (from Middle High German zuc, pull, from Old High German, from ziohan, to pull. See deuk- in Indo-European Roots) + Zwang, compulsion (from Middle High German twanc, from Old High German).]
You can't pass in chess. So even if you'd be better off making no move at all on some occassions, you HAVE to. Even if you know that, whatever you do, things will be worse than they are, you have no choice but to do SOMETHING.
That was me in Brisbane before I moved down here.
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