• Zugzwang (from German 'compulsion to move'; pronounced [ˈtsuːktsvaŋ]) is a situation found in chess and other turn-based games wherein one player is put...
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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...
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  • 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...
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  • della nebbia Two Still Lives in Free Fall Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 Zugzwang - It is subtitled "Fifteen authentic miniatures about the strategy of chess"...
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  • 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...
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  • but White resigned on move 99. Troitsky There are positions of mutual zugzwang in the endgame with two knights versus one pawn. In this position, White...
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  • opponent in zugzwang. In this example, if only the queenside pieces were considered, it would be an instance of full-point reciprocal zugzwang – the player...
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    (1987) La posta in gioco (1988) Da domani (1989) Obbligo di giocare - Zugzwang (1989) Innocence (II) (2004) France and Italy: The Legendary Life of Ernest...
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  • bishop. This allows the queen and knight to develop a fulminant attack. Zugzwang (German for "compulsion to move") occurs when a player is forced to make...
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    which is a book win, then this endgame itself is a book win. Inducing zugzwang is a crucial theme in winning simple endgames, and almost exclusively in...
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