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Definition of zugzwang noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

zugzwang

noun
 
/ˈzʌɡzwæŋ/,
 
/ˈzuːɡzwæŋ/
 
/ˈzʌɡzwæŋ/,
 
/ˈzuːɡzwæŋ/
[uncountable] (from German)
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  1. (in chess) a situation in which a player is forced to move a piece into a bad position, especially one from which the piece will be lost
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from German Zug ‘move’ + Zwang ‘compulsion’.
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