Definitions
A chess position where any legal move makes the player worse off.
Word origin
From German Zugzwang, from Zug (“move”) + Zwang (“compulsion”).
Used in a sentence
“not only is there a lack of good alternatives concerning some particular policy decisions, but the whole Russian system is moving towards a zugzwang.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Chess bind”8 letters
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