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This occurs when whoever has the turn to move loses, while the other player would have been losing had it been their turn.

It is often used to describe any dilemma where any action taken will lead to an undesirable outcome. zugzwang.rar

It appears in other turn-based games such as Sim, where a player can be trapped into forming a unicolored triangle, forcing a loss. This occurs when whoever has the turn to

The term was notably used as the title for a 2013 episode of Criminal Minds . zugzwang.rar

In chess notation, a zugzwang position is sometimes indicated by the symbol "⊙". Zugzwang in Other Contexts