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by ogogmad 40 days ago
It's more like a situation where you should avoid doing anything. A player in zugzwang who does anything, loses. In chess, it's a position where a player would skip their turn if that option was available, but the rules forbid it, so they're forced to make a move that hurts them.

[edit: Edited to make it clearer that there are cases where only one player is in zugzwang]