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  2. Immortal Zugzwang Game - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  3. Zugzwang - Wikipedia

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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. [1]

  4. Zwischenzug - Wikipedia

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    The zwischenzug (German: pronounced [ˈtsvɪʃənˌtsuːk], "intermediate move"; also called an in-between move) is a chess tactic in which a player, instead of playing the expected move (commonly a recapture), first interposes another move posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer, and only then plays the expected move.

  5. Glossary of chess - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Fortress castle - Wikipedia

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    When building a Fortress castle, there is a strong intermediate position called the Crab castle (カニ囲い kani gakoi). [ 1 ] [ 20 ] It has the three pawns on the left side advanced to their final Fortress positions, and on rank 8 all four generals are lined up next to the bishop, which is still in its starting position: 角金銀金銀 ...

  7. Neuschwanstein Castle - Wikipedia

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    It constitutes the real main and residential building of the castle and contains the King's stateroom and the servants' rooms. The Palas is a colossal five-story structure in the shape of two huge cuboids that are connected in a flat angle and covered by two adjacent high gable roofs. The building's shape follows the course of the ridge.

  8. Talk:Zugzwang - Wikipedia

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    1971, game 2: In the starting position after 85.Bf5 Black is not in zugzwang. The position is won for White independent from the rigth to move. Otherwise it would contradict the definition of zugzwang given before. Fischer versus Taimanov, fourth match game. The same is true for the comment after 87.Kg6: Black is not in zugzwang.

  9. Zugzwang (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    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