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    What is zugzwang in chess?

    Question #125148. Asked by tkny. (Feb 16 12 11:57 PM)


    BaronBatty

    		Pronounced "tsoog-tsvung", Zugwang is a German word meaning "obligation to move". The term is used for a position in which whoever has the move would obtain a worse result than if it were the opponent's turn to play. The term was first used in a German chess magazine in 1858.

    http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/zugzwang

    Feb 17 12, 12:18 AM

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