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单词 zugzwang
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zugzwang

[ tsook-tsvahng ]
/ ˈtsukˌtsvɑŋ /

noun Chess.

a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.

Origin of zugzwang

First recorded in 1900–05; from German, equivalent to Zug “move, pull” + Zwang “constraint, obligation”

Words nearby zugzwang

zucchetto, zucchini, Zuckerman, Zug, Zugspitze, zugzwang, Zuider Zee, Zuidholland, Zukerman, Zukofsky, Zukor
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Example sentences from the Web for zugzwang

  • The Belarusian opposition is trapped in a zugzwang: personal casualties are the cost of their political progress.

    Forget Kim Jong Un—China’s New Favorite Dictator Is Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko.|Kapil Komireddi|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for zugzwang

zugzwang
/ (German ˈtsuːktsvaŋ) chess /

noun

a position in which one player can move only with loss or severe disadvantage

verb

(tr) to manoeuvre (one's opponent) into a zugzwang

Word Origin for zugzwang

from German, from Zug a pull, tug + Zwang force, compulsion
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