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pronunciation | ‘zUg-zwang
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note | In the original German, zugzwang means any situation where you face external circumstances that force you to act. But the word has been adapted into a chess term, where it does mean a situation where you can’t act without being damaged by the result.
In Canada we call it Murphy’s Law.
In English we just say “life”
My life then.