"zugzwang" chess position, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said in his weekly letter on Friday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
When he reached zugzwang, he resisted the urge to upend the chess board. From Wordnik.com. [Thinly Sliced Raw Fish] Reference
As a pretty good chessplayer myself, I can recognize zugzwang when I see it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-04-01] Reference
The chess term is zugzwang not zuzwang, and it means that all possible moves make your position worse. From Wordnik.com. [Zugzwang] Reference
If we play the game of Pashtun hearts and minds against the Taliban on this issue we start in zugzwang. From Wordnik.com. [Coldest Story Ever Told | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
In chess, such situations are described as zugzwang, or the necessity to move when every decision has negative consequences. From Wordnik.com. [27 « August « 2008 « Niqnaq] Reference
Playing chess with his opposition, Stephen Harper has blundered into zugzwang--a position in which any moves he now makes will eventually be fatal. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
Dawg suggests Harper has blundered, the latter calling it a “zugzwang”, a chessical term for when any move an opponent makes will lose the game for him. From Wordnik.com. [I Am Completely Flummoxed « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
There may be a ring of partial truth to it but the idea that the government is effectively in zugzwang when it comes to choosing its members is not credible. From Wordnik.com. [Reducing MPs won't damage government, but it's the wrong reform] Reference
With the announcement that Bob Hertzberg has endorsed Antonio Villaraigosa to be the next Mayor of Los Angeles, that electoral contest now resembles a classic position in chess known as zugzwang. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-04-01] Reference
Anand was almost placed in a fatal zugzwang, but his one spare move was enough to hold the game. From Wordnik.com. [The Chess Mind] Reference
Krush had been pressing for most of the game, eventually sacrificing an exchange to put Shmelov into a near zugzwang bind. From Wordnik.com. [United States Chess Federation] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [ChessVibes] Reference
Yes-- and somehow all the great psycho-philosophical WORDS are in German as well: zugzwang, Gedankengebäude, weltschmerz. From Wordnik.com. [Mysterious Panoptikon Document] Reference
Hahn is in a zugzwang position. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-04-01] Reference
Dawg's Blawg: Harper in zugzwang. From Wordnik.com. [Harper in zugzwang] Reference
Thus ends the zitterbewegung zugzwang. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion World of SL] Reference
Harper in zugzwang. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
How about zugzwang. From Wordnik.com. [Obama is like Bush... that's been one of my tags for quite a while.] Reference
TwiddleEastNews Ireland: Dubai hit put our citizens at risk: http://bit. ly/bZu93A #zugzwang #HAMAS Middle East News laura502 EAA plans Harvey Milk Day Action protests. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
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