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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Scribbler, produced by Gabriel Cowan. In the Criminal Minds episode "Zugzwang", Trachtenberg played Diane Turner, the criminal stalker to Spencer Reid's...

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...

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...

right and the left.] Quadbeck, Eva (12 September 2023). "Wagenknecht unter Zugzwang" [Wagenknecht under pressure to move]. RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (in...

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described as "full-point mutual zugzwang." Instead, 1...Kb3! 2.Kd5 Kb4 wins. An extraordinary example of using zugzwang to swindle one's way out of a dead...

(for example, by the possibility of developing an attack). Example of zugzwang The endgame (also end game or ending) is the stage of the game when there...

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contributes regularly to the British and Irish press. In 2006, Bennett's novel Zugzwang, was published week-by-week in the British Sunday newspaper The Observer...

Morton's fork No-win situation Sophie's choice Standard form contract Zugzwang Barrett, Grant (15 April 2009). "What's a "Hobson's Choice"? (minicast)"...

pieces) is that by itself it cannot lose a move to put the opponent in zugzwang (see triangulation and tempo), while a bishop can. In the position pictured...

(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...

Reid becomes involved with a woman who was being stalked. In the episode "Zugzwang", her stalker ultimately kidnaps her and kills her, devastating Reid. In...

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has a number of extra tempos that can be used to put the other side into zugzwang. Partisan games are more difficult to analyze than impartial games, as...

Stamp) In physics, it can be used to denote a vector facing out of the page Zugzwang in chess notation The Lost Symbol – a novel by Dan Brown that uses this...

change after decisions have been made. This is common in text adventures. Zugzwang, as in chess, when any move a player chooses makes them worse off than...

the null-move heuristic can result in severe tactical blunders. In these zugzwang (German for "forced to move") positions, the player whose turn it is to...

zugzwang among rook and pawn versus rook endgames. All of them were tabulated and published. The full list is available online. Some of the zugzwangs...

often involves zugzwang, or repeating a position in order to create zugzwang, though it does not necessarily have to involve zugzwang. A famous example...

aggression Si vis pacem, para bellum Volunteer's dilemma War of attrition Zugzwang Osborne & Rubinstein (1994), p. 30 Russell (1959) p. 30. Dixit and Nalebuff...

tactical objective Winner's curse – Tendency to overestimate in auctions Zugzwang – Game disadvantage due to obligation to move Gill, N.S. (November 16,...