Originally posted by ZumdahlIf you go to my archives, and order your games by last move, you'll be able to see quite clearly your winning/losing streak.
this woudl be flippin awsome to see ur lose or win streak cuz i just won a game after god knows how many losses and it woudl be cool to have some sort of streak counter!
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Originally posted by trains44Off topic for this thread, but, in chess, "zugzwang" means "being at a disadvantage from being required to move" - it's your turn and you wish you could pass, because whatever piece you move, your position becomes worse. You generally run into this in endgames. Do not confuse zugzwang with stalemate!
zugzwang?? zugzwang??
If you post a question on this in the Chess forum, you should get lots of explanations with interesting examples.
Originally posted by thireSchadenfreude (enjoyment of another's misfortune)
just for fun:
this is a german word: Zug=move, zwang=forced
there are some other German words in English. Let me know if you know others:
Kindergarden/Kindergarten
Blitzkrieg
Wunderkind
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Zeitgeist (spirit of the time/age)
There seems to be a pattern here: compound nouns, not too long, giving succinct expression to a useful concept.
"Sehenswurdigkeit" ("thing worth seeing", i.e. tourist attraction / place of interest) is a useful concept, but it seems the word is too long...