Zugzwang & Zwischenzug
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They are German. Zugzwang refers to the point at which every move causes (hopefully) your opponent's position to worsen. Zwischenzug is a "between move," like a check on the opponent's King or an attack on the Queen they have to respond to before meeting a threat or advancing your position.
Okay, thanks. I always get them mixed up.
lucazze wrote:
zugzwang is where your opponent has no good moves.
You've been thinking about this answer for 16 years?
That had to be alot of scrolling for 16years ago
lucazze wrote:
I'm not even 10 years old.
So you've been thinking about it for nine years?
15 days ago
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so zugzwang is like "every move you make will weaken you!" and zwischenzug is like "you've fallen into my trap!"
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ImmaFoolsMateYou wrote:
so zugzwang is like "every move you make will weaken you!" and zwischenzug is like "you've fallen into my trap!"
Kind of.
Zugzwang isn't just a position where every move is objectively bad. It's a position where you really wish you weren't forced to make a move, because passing your turn (which is obviously illegal) would be ideal.
For example, in this position, the winner is whoever's turn it is not:
"Zwischenzug" is rather difficult to define, but I'm not sure that "falling into a trap" is totally accurate. It's more like getting punched in the gut when you were expecting to be hit in the face, and then getting hit in the face. I think.
What do these two terms mean? Where did they come from (what language)?