Zugzwang Required To Win
In some endgames it is necessary to place the opponent in zugzwang in order to force a win. These include:
- rook (and king) versus king checkmate
- two bishops versus king checkmate
- two knights versus pawn checkmate
- Bishop and knight checkmate
- queen versus rook
- queen versus knight
- queen versus two knights, and
- queen versus two bishops (Soltis 2003a:79).
In addition, zugzwang is required in many king and pawn versus king endgames in order to force promotion of the pawn and in other king and pawn endgames with more pawns (Müller & Pajeken 2008:173). (See pawnless chess endgame and fortress (chess) for some discussion of some of these endings.)
Read more about this topic: Zugzwang
Famous quotes containing the words required and/or win:
“She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadorned golden tresses wore
Dishevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved
As the vine curls her tendrils, which implied
Subjection, but required with gentle sway,
And by her yielded, by him best received,
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.
Nor those mysterious parts were then concealed:
Then was not guilty shame: dishonest Shame
Of Nature’s works, Honour dishonourable.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”
—Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973)