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Zugzwang

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Zugzwang

(German) a position in chess from which it is impossible to move without worsening one's situation.



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His works include The Second Prison (1991), Overthrown by Strangers (1992), The Catastrophist (1997), Havoc, in its Third Year (2004) and Zugzwang (2007).
Kh1 (white is going to find himself in zugzwang very shortly); 32.
Zugzwang - (chess) a blockade position in which any move is disadvantageous to the blockaded player.
 
 
 
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