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zugzwang
 
SYLLABICATION:zug·zwang
PRONUNCIATION:  tsktsväng
NOUN: A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move.
ETYMOLOGY:German Zugzwang : Zug, pull, move (from Middle High German zuc, pull, from Old High German, from ziohan, to pull; see deuk- in Appendix I) + Zwang, compulsion (from Middle High German twanc, from Old High German).
 
 
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