Zugzwang

Here's an interesting article that will also increase your vocabulary. The word is Zugzwang. Here the first sentence in the article followed by a link to get you there.

"I first encountered the word Zugzwang in a 1985 New York Times Magazine column by the late William Safire. It’s a chess term that means “compelled to move, but imperiled by doing so.” The word’s political implications are profound."

I found entertaining, the statement that Safire used to describe the dilema. ''Don't just do something, stand there.''

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/zugzwang-democrats%E2%80%99-2010-dilemma