Zugzwang Game

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This is the game between Gelfand - Wang Yue in the recent Kings Tournament..

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tonydal wrote:

Zugzwang?  I fail to understand.


It means that the opponenent has no play..His pieces cannot move anywhere......

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ha!

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Come on Master Tony, you should not have expected him to think that you would know the term zugzwang, just because your title is right there next to your name.

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How's it Zugzwang?  What happens after 82...Ng8?

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Too many threads for black to defend
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Ok, but that doesn't make it zugzwang...?

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Yes, I believe that this position is not called Zugzwang, it should instead be called "Black is Screwed."

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Zugzwang describes a situation where one player is put at a disadvantage because he has to make a move – the player would prefer to pass and make no move. The fact that the player must make a move means that his position will be significantly weaker than the hypothetical one in which it were his opponent's turn to move.

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Isn´t this a zugnzwang???

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Black is in check. How could it be Zugzwang?

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The last diagram is easier to understand without the knights and g-pawn on the board. In Dutch it would be 'zetdwang', meaning forced move (being forced to move).

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I am talking about the Space advantage which, white was having in the middlegame and black was not able to penetrate into his camp.

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tonydal wrote:

Aha, I see.  Space advantage...not zugzwang.


I just stylishly post the title as The Zgzwang Game...

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I dunno, Space Advantage Game sounds dirty and intriguing.

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ivandh wrote:

I dunno, Space Advantage Game sounds dirty and intriguing.


Why are saying like this? Gelfand superbly won with his space Advantage

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He won alright... he mates all the time with his space advantage.