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

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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