Letter #28 - 2006

Sub:    French definition
Date: 
  11/21/2006 2:12:33 PM PST
From: 
Fred & Gretchen Gibbs
To:      service@Chess-poster.com 

What is the French word pertaining to Chess to which describes a player can have no good move to make?

Thanks,
Fred Gibbs


Chess-poster.com

Dear viewer,

Assuming that your are talking about 'Zugzwang' the German term that means "compulsion to move" and refers to a situation in which a player would prefer to do nothing because any move leads to a deterioration of his position, we believe the French slang is 'Zwangzug'.

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