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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.
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 ]
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
Xiangqi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China.
Zugzwang is often a factor in endgames and rarely in other stages of the game. Mednis and Crouch address the question of what constitutes an endgame negatively. They believe that the game is not in the endgame if these apply: better development; open files for attacking; vulnerable king position; misplaced pieces. [11]
In chess, a tactic is a sequence of moves that each makes one or more immediate threats – a check, a material threat, a checkmating sequence threat, or the threat of another tactic – that culminates in the opponent's being unable to respond to all of the threats without making some kind of concession.
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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