zugzwang

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Anand was almost placed in a fatal zugzwang, but his one spare move was enough to hold the game.

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  • Anand was almost placed in a fatal zugzwang, but his one spare move was enough to hold the game. —  The Chess Mind
  • It turns out that Black is in zugzwang: the king cannot venture onto its second rank because of Qxg8, and the queen has to defend the g8-rook, which has not a single move left. —  ChessVibes
 

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  1. German Zugzwang : Zug, pull, move (from Middle High German zuc, pull, from Old High German, from ziohan, to pull; see deuk- in Indo-European roots) + Zwang, compulsion (from Middle High German twanc, from Old High German).
 

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