Zugzwang

situation in chess and other games that forbid passing, wherein one player is put at a disadvantage by the obligation to make a move
Thing dilemma Q228570
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Zugzwang

Summary

Zugzwang is a dilemma[1]. Zugzwang draws 9,125 Wikipedia views per month (dilemma category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zugzwang's image is recorded as Zugzwang in chess.jpg[3].
  • Zugzwang's instance of is recorded as dilemma[4].
  • Zugzwang's instance of is recorded as theme[5].
  • Zugzwang's subclass of is recorded as chess tactic[6].
  • Zugzwang's subclass of is recorded as situation[7].
  • Zugzwang's part of is recorded as chess terminology[8].
  • Zugzwang's part of is recorded as chess problem[9].
  • Zugzwang's sport is recorded as chess[10].
  • Zugzwang's sport is recorded as checkers[11].
  • Zugzwang's sport is recorded as go[12].
  • Zugzwang's sport is recorded as abstract strategy game[13].
  • Zugzwang's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gvl7[14].
  • Zugzwang's has cause is recorded as obligation[15].
  • Zugzwang's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/zugzwang[16].
  • Zugzwang's studied by is recorded as combinatorial game theory[17].
  • Zugzwang's Treccani Vocabulary ID is recorded as zugwang[18].
  • Zugzwang's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as zugzwang[19].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Zugzwang include Immortal Zugzwang Game[20], a chess game[21].

Why It Matters

Zugzwang draws 9,125 Wikipedia views per month (dilemma category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] Zugzwang has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Entities named for Zugzwang include Immortal Zugzwang Game[20], a chess game[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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