zug·zwang (ts k tsväng )n. 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).] |
zugzwang (German) [ˈtsuːktsvaŋ] Chess
n
(Group Games / Chess & Draughts) a position in which one player can move only with loss or severe disadvantage
vb
(Group Games / Chess & Draughts) (tr) to manoeuvre (one's opponent) into a zugzwang
[from German, from Zug a pull, tug + Zwang force, compulsion]
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