Zugzwang describes a chess position in which your little army appears to be in good shape: The king is protected, no weaknesses apparent — unless you have to make a move. And it’s your move. The ...

In most two-player games, it is generally better to win the toss and go first. And if you are sharing a pizza with someone and want to have a larger portion, it’s usually better to grab the first ...

Most games that pit two players or teams against each other require one of them to make the first play. This results in a built-in asymmetry, and the question arises: Should you go first or second?

One of the most paradoxical and powerful ideas in chess is Zugzwang. This term of German origin literally means "compulsion to move", where Zug means 'move' and Zwang means 'compulsion' It describes a ...

"Zugzwang," Ronan Bennett's sixth novel, opens in a St. Petersburg suffused with violence. It is 1914; Bolsheviks, Polish terrorists and pro-German authoritarians all jockey for control of the city.

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Perhaps it feels like that more than usual these days, but especially so amid the high-stakes poker game at the center of director Jerry Mouawad’s latest movement-theater piece at . The , “Zugzwang” ...

Simply sign up to the Eurozone economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Daniela Gabor is a professor of economics and macrofinance at UWE Bristol. Zugzwang is the German word for a ...

Spoiler alert: it was HAL! HAL did it! In all seriousness: the big reveal that took place in Extant Season 2 Episode 11 was that the computer TAALR (Threat Assessment and Algorithmic Research) ...