<![CDATA[Zugzwang]]>(Noun) Being forced by circumstances to do something which you do not wish to do.

The word is from the German and means [compulsion] to move

The term is most frequently used to describe a strategy in [chess] whereby one player is forced to [make a move] they do not wish to make. It is also used more generally to describe any comparable situation.

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