You can think of such a set of four points with a missing edge as a single “zugzwang unit.” There are six such units in this position, each dooming one of the six uncolored edges. Blue reached this ...

Chess is too combinatorically complex a game to figure this out, even with the help of the most advanced supercomputers. However, there are some simple games in which one side starts off in zugzwang.

One of the most paradoxical and powerful ideas in chess is Zugzwang. This term of German origin literally means "compulsion to move", where Zug means 'move' and Zwang means 'compulsion' It ...

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One of the most paradoxical and powerful ideas in chess is Zugzwang. This term of German origin literally means "compulsion to move", where Zug means 'move' and Zwang means 'compulsion' It ...

There is a situation in chess called zugzwang in which any legal move leaves the player worse off (in other words, he’d be better off to pass his turn). Oftentimes, in fact, the zugzwang is ...

"Zugzwang," Ronan Bennett's sixth novel, opens in a St. Petersburg suffused with violence. It is 1914; Bolsheviks, Polish terrorists and pro-German authoritarians all jockey for control of the city.

Zugzwang describes a chess position in which your little army appears to be in good shape: The king is protected, no weaknesses apparent — unless you have to make a move. And it’s your move.

On Extant Season 2 Episode 11, Molly tracks down John's former colleague in hopes of stopping the Humanich threat while Julie sends Charlie on a mission.