{"id":4560,"date":"2019-04-19T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T04:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2019-04-10T11:56:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:26:05","slug":"thats-the-word-for-it-zugzwang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/19\/thats-the-word-for-it-zugzwang\/","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s the Word for It : Zugzwang"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zugzwang is a situation usually found in chess where one player is put at a disadvantage because they must make a move when they would prefer to pass and not move. It\u2019s a weak position but helps the other side to win. I found the word on Twitter in the Brexit context.<\/p>\n

Here are some instances of this word in literature:<\/p>\n

\u201cZugzwang<\/strong>. It\u2019s when you have no good moves. But you still have to move.\u201d
\n\u2015\u00a0Michael Chabon<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s straight? I\u2019m not. I am bent gouged pinched and tugged at, and squeezed into this funny shape. Each life is a game of chess that went to hell on the seventh move, and now the flukey play is cramped and slow, a dream of constraint and cross-purpose, with each move forced, all pieces pinned and skewered and\u00a0zugzwanged<\/strong>\u2026 But here and there we see these figures who appear to run on the true lines, and they are terrible examples. They\u2019re rich, usually.\u201d
\n\u2015\u00a0Martin Amis,\u00a0<\/span>Money<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zugzwang is a situation usually found in chess where one player is put at a disadvantage because they must make a move when they would prefer to pass and not move. It\u2019s a weak position but helps the other side to win. I found the word on Twitter in the Brexit context. Here are some … Continue reading “That\u2019s the Word for It : Zugzwang”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[251],"tags":[267,268],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1by","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5497,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/20\/novels-international-chess-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":4560,"position":0},"title":"9 Chess Novels on International Chess Day","date":"July 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"July 20 is International Chess Day - the day that the International Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded way back in 1924. Here are some chess-inspired fiction and non-fiction novels for this occasion. 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