An unusual example of Zugswang

On White's 47th move, if he were not forced to move - he would have been OK and could have held the draw.

But - none of his five pawns could move.
The knight was pinned and could not move.
The bishop could not move without material loss.
The Queen was trapped in the corner and its only possible move would have resulted in capture by a pawn,

The King had three possible moves, but only one could protect the knight against capture - unfortunately, that move blocked the bishop's protection of his f pawn and also led to material loss.

gosh, was this in a real chess game or did you set it up? :P

@Miles_C

If you click on the players, you can see that they are both real and have played many games on lichess. This game was finished today as it happens.

sorry to spoil the fun but I don't think a position that is check can ever be considered zugzwang. A vital part of zugzwang is that the side to move would be fine if they could pass the move. Obviously they wouldn't if their king is in check. My 2 cents

@FredtheCrusher

Dude, read my post again and then look again. The Zugswang happened on the previous move - the 47th move.

Nice, Nimzovich would be proud of you with this Zugzwang.

Nice.Reminds me of my zugzwang as well-

@ambrooks
you are right of course, didn't read properly

@FredtheCrusher

No problem.

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#9 Everybody had fun but I didn't had any fun after playing that game.