zugzwang
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zug·zwang
(tso͞ok′tsväng′)n.
A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move.
[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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zugzwang
(German ˈtsuːktsvaŋ) chessn
(Chess & Draughts) a position in which one player can move only with loss or severe disadvantage
vb
(Chess & Draughts) (tr) to manoeuvre (one's opponent) into a zugzwang
[from German, from Zug a pull, tug + Zwang force, compulsion]
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zugzwang
Past participle: zugzwanged
Gerund: zugzwanging
| Imperative |
|---|
| zugzwang |
| zugzwang |
| Present |
|---|
| I zugzwang |
| you zugzwang |
| he/she/it zugzwangs |
| we zugzwang |
| you zugzwang |
| they zugzwang |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I zugzwanged |
| you zugzwanged |
| he/she/it zugzwanged |
| we zugzwanged |
| you zugzwanged |
| they zugzwanged |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am zugzwanging |
| you are zugzwanging |
| he/she/it is zugzwanging |
| we are zugzwanging |
| you are zugzwanging |
| they are zugzwanging |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have zugzwanged |
| you have zugzwanged |
| he/she/it has zugzwanged |
| we have zugzwanged |
| you have zugzwanged |
| they have zugzwanged |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was zugzwanging |
| you were zugzwanging |
| he/she/it was zugzwanging |
| we were zugzwanging |
| you were zugzwanging |
| they were zugzwanging |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had zugzwanged |
| you had zugzwanged |
| he/she/it had zugzwanged |
| we had zugzwanged |
| you had zugzwanged |
| they had zugzwanged |
| Future |
|---|
| I will zugzwang |
| you will zugzwang |
| he/she/it will zugzwang |
| we will zugzwang |
| you will zugzwang |
| they will zugzwang |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have zugzwanged |
| you will have zugzwanged |
| he/she/it will have zugzwanged |
| we will have zugzwanged |
| you will have zugzwanged |
| they will have zugzwanged |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be zugzwanging |
| you will be zugzwanging |
| he/she/it will be zugzwanging |
| we will be zugzwanging |
| you will be zugzwanging |
| they will be zugzwanging |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been zugzwanging |
| you have been zugzwanging |
| he/she/it has been zugzwanging |
| we have been zugzwanging |
| you have been zugzwanging |
| they have been zugzwanging |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been zugzwanging |
| you will have been zugzwanging |
| he/she/it will have been zugzwanging |
| we will have been zugzwanging |
| you will have been zugzwanging |
| they will have been zugzwanging |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been zugzwanging |
| you had been zugzwanging |
| he/she/it had been zugzwanging |
| we had been zugzwanging |
| you had been zugzwanging |
| they had been zugzwanging |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would zugzwang |
| you would zugzwang |
| he/she/it would zugzwang |
| we would zugzwang |
| you would zugzwang |
| they would zugzwang |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have zugzwanged |
| you would have zugzwanged |
| he/she/it would have zugzwanged |
| we would have zugzwanged |
| you would have zugzwanged |
| they would have zugzwanged |
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