Zugzwang (from German 'compulsion to move'; pronounced [ˈtsuːktsvaŋ]) is a situation found in chess and other turn-based games wherein one player is put...

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...

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...

della nebbia Two Still Lives in Free Fall Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 Zugzwang - It is subtitled "Fifteen authentic miniatures about the strategy of chess"...

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...

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...

Petersburg. One of Nimzowitsch's most famous games is his celebrated immortal zugzwang game against Sämisch at Copenhagen 1923. Another game on this theme is...

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...

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...

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...