Associations to the word «Zugzwang»

Wiktionary

ZUGZWANG, noun. (chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move.
ZUGZWANG, noun. In figurative uses

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca