Sunday, July 8, 2012

Zugzwang

Because sometimes we just find ourselves in a zugzwang. And these positions can be the ones we learn the most from:

Although here I still see a makeable move
before it ends in tears -
top middle, no?
zugzwang  (ˈtsuːktsvaŋ)
n
1. a position in which one player can move only with loss or severe disadvantage
vb
2. ( tr ) to manoeuvre (one's opponent) into a zugzwang
[from German, from Zug  a pull, tug + Zwang  force, compulsion]

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via Brain Pickings
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