ZUGZWANG
- A situation in which the obligation to make a move in one's turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage
- (German) a situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move [n -S] / to place in zugzwang [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- a situation in chess that forces a disadvantageous move [n ZUGZWANGS]
- in chess, a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.
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