counterplay

Definitions

1. A game move made as a response.
   countable, uncountable
2. A counterattack in a different part of the board.
   countable, uncountable
3. A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Milov might have⟳ tried 15 ... b4 to give⟳ himself some counterplay on the queenside.”

“Near-synonym: playing off meta — colloquial”

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