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bemildred

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3. Once before I used it here, in 2004:

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Sun Sep 8, 2013, 06:50 AM

Sep 2013

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In chess, if you have no good options, and still must move, it's called Zugzwang. [View all] bemildred Sep 2013 OP

Great word! oberliner Sep 2013 #1

Once before I used it here, in 2004: bemildred Sep 2013 #3

And quite correctly oberliner Sep 2013 #4

It's so rare that I google myself. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #5

du rec. xchrom Sep 2013 #2

That is one I'll have to remember. David__77 Sep 2013 #6

Makes me think the best move might have been not to take a seat at the game in the 1st place. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2013 #7

If the game is rigged, for one instance. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #8

Exactly. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2013 #11

The option to stand up and walk away always exists. /nt TheMadMonk Sep 2013 #29

VERY pertinent, thanks for sharing! Turborama Sep 2013 #9

They would not be doing that. bemildred Sep 2013 #10

I'd think so, too Turborama Sep 2013 #12

Right: "The very fact they are so vehement to get you to do something, ..., tells you ..." bemildred Sep 2013 #13

Might be something to do with the format I'm reading it from Turborama Sep 2013 #15

Oh no. It's clear as a well-formed bell. delrem Sep 2013 #27

So right now we are seeing Zugzwang in four dimensions, right? Threedifferentones Sep 2013 #14

+1. It makes perfect sense to me, but I have had weasels come at me from GoneFishin Sep 2013 #16

Right, it's an attack, an attempt to subvert your self-possession. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #22

Brilliant. mac56 Sep 2013 #17

It's free, just don't try to sell it. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #23

No worries there! mac56 Sep 2013 #28

A totally brilliant post. delrem Sep 2013 #18

OK, in the journal. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #24

The only winning move for the US in Syria is not to play stevenleser Sep 2013 #19

Not to play at war, there are other things that we could do, "win-win" kind of things. bemildred Sep 2013 #25

I'm glad to see you've also come to that conclusion. leveymg Sep 2013 #35

N-th dimensional Zugzwang! I get it! oh, he's a clever one, that prez. KG Sep 2013 #20

I really did hope heaven05 Sep 2013 #26

yeah true heaven05 Sep 2013 #21

Setting a deadline is the worst thing you can do in a negotiation. FarCenter Sep 2013 #30

+1. It just gives them a weapon to use against you. bemildred Sep 2013 #32

The President has never lost a chess game. tridim Sep 2013 #31

By virtue of having never played one cthulu2016 Sep 2013 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author GoneFishin Sep 2013 #38

Recommended. hunter Sep 2013 #33

Thank you. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #34

DURec leftstreet Sep 2013 #37