Etymology

Zwickmühle

Today it means: A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks. Full definition →

German Zwickmühle
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  1. German · derived fromZwickmühle
  2. English todayZwickmühle

From German Zwickmühle.

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