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Zugzwang, noun, Germanic
A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move.
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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