zugzwang

A zugzwang win is a win that is not a non-zugzwang win.

You're on top of the world, money is raking in from your monopoly - and you're in zugzwang.

My guess is that when such high profile cancellations happen, it's more of a matter of perceived zugzwang.

So chess being a win for one side is equivalent to starting position being zugzwang for the other side.

Patzer would be about the same in German, which provides several other commonly used chess terms like zugzwang and zwischenzug.

We’d just have a winning position and sit on the clock on the other board in a zugzwang-like time force.

They werent created by evil caricatures but stupid people caught up in a drunk fever and Zugzwang with disabled breaks.

In the same way, chess being a win for white implies zugzwang for black starting position.

In chess you can't pass so going first might be bad, you could be the first to reach a forced zugzwang.

Therefore, if the product has reached the maximus of quality, but you need to change it, you end up with zugzwang.

The question was if there is any other scenario where black could force a win other than by forcing a zugzwang.

Thus, black can only win because of white's initial zugzwang, which contradicts our assumption.

Well, applying "zugzwang" means you only win because the opponent has to do a move and cannot skip their turn.

Edit: it may be that the statement "without Zugzwang" implicitly (or perhaps by definition) means you are allowed to skip moves?

> Edit: it may be that the statement "without Zugzwang" implicitly (or perhaps by definition) means you are allowed to skip moves?

When black has a winning strategy, black already applies "zugzwang" for white's very first move: Black only wins because white has to make a move.

Just replace it with the rule that you lose when your king gets captured (and obviously, keep Zugzwang).

People are experts on stupid decisions, especially if they feel in a Zugzwang.

Zugzwang - now I either need the user to preload all possible info/credentials and persistent containers if I want them to avoid having to do it again, or if I want to avoid paying some startup costs of ex.