Zugzwang

[Dianne]

(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.

[Sarah]

A situation in which the obligation to make a move in ones turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage.