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Zugzwang (from German 'compulsion to move'; pronounced [ˈtsuːktsvaŋ]) is a situation found in chess and other turn-based games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because of their obligation to make a move; a player is said to be "in zugzwang" when any legal move will worsen their position.
Meaning ↑ Initiative An advantage in initiative: → Attack With an attack: ⇄: Counterplay The player has counterplay: ↻ or ↑↑ Development A lead in development Space More space controlled by one player ⊕: Time trouble, aka zeitnot: The player is short on time [2] ⊙: Zugzwang [2] + Check ++ Double check # Checkmate
This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order.Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin.For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of ...
Triangulation is a tactic used in chess to put one's opponent in zugzwang (a position in which it is a disadvantage to move). Triangulation is also called losing a tempo or losing a move.
A better definition should say that a player is in zugzwang if his position were better if he had the option not to move at all. It is a comparison between the real and a hypothetical situation, not between the situations before and after a move.
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The Immortal Zugzwang Game is a chess game between Friedrich Sämisch and Aron Nimzowitsch, played in Copenhagen in March 1923. It gained its name because the final position is sometimes considered a rare instance of zugzwang occurring in the middlegame . [ 1 ]
Zugzwang is a situation found in chess and other games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because they must make a move when they would prefer to pass and not move. Zugzwang may also refer to: Zugzwang, a musical work by Juan María Solare; Zugzwang, a 2006 novel by Ronan Bennett "Zugzwang," an episode of the television series Extant