Unpleasant obligation to move, in chess

• Chess situation in which any move is a bad move
• Dangerous chess situation

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chess English) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move. 2 (non-gloss definition: ''in figurative uses'')

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1904, in chess, from German Zugzwang , literally "move-compulsion," from Zug "move (in chess), a drawing, pulling, a stretch," from Old High German ziohan "to pull," from Proto-Germanic *teuhan , from PIE root *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Zugzwang is a musical work by Juan Maria Solare . It is subtitled "Fifteen authentic miniatures about the strategy of chess" for quartet: violin (or flute ), alto Saxophone (or clarinet ), double bass (or cello ) and piano (or synthesizer ). Cologne, 29 ...