Zugzwang

See also: zugzwang

German

Etymology

From Zug (move) + Zwang (compulsion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsuːkˌtsvaŋ/, [ˈt͡suːkˌt͡sʋaŋ] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsʊxˌtsvaŋ/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
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Noun

Zugzwang m (strong, genitive Zugzwangs or Zugzwanges, plural Zugzwänge)

  1. zugzwang
    1. (games, especially chess) Synonym of Zugpflicht (the rule that a player cannot forgo a move)
      • 2006, Claus Voigt, “Kühe und Leoparden”, in Asiatische Spiele, Humboldt, page 75:
        Kühe können entlang den Linien um ein Feld gezogen werden. Sie können nicht springen und nicht schlagen. Für beide Parteien gilt Zugzwang. Für den Leoparden gilt kein Schlagzwang.
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    2. (hence more specifically) a situation where this rule forces a player to make a disadvantageous move
    3. (by extension) a situation where somebody is under pressure to take action, though not necessarily with disadvantageous consequences.

Declension

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Descendants

  • Armenian: Ցուգցվանգ (Cʿugcʿvang)
  • English: zugzwang
  • French: zugzwang
  • Russian: цугцва́нг (cugcváng)

Further reading

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