zugzwang
noun /ˈzʌɡzwæŋ/, /ˈzuːɡzwæŋ/
/ˈzʌɡzwæŋ/, /ˈzuːɡzwæŋ/
[uncountable] (from German)- (in chess
) a situation in which a player is forced to move a piece into a bad position, especially one from which the piece will be lost国际象棋 祖格旺(Zugzwang):一种情况,玩家被迫将棋子移动到不良位置,尤其是棋子将丢失的位置。 词源early 20th cent.: from German Zug ‘move’ + Zwang ‘compulsion’.