Sekirov Dictionary

counterplay

noun 3
verb 2
forms 3

noun3

A game move made as a response.
•
A counterattack in a different part of the board.
- Milov might have tried 15 ... b4 to give himself some counterplay on the queenside. — 2007
A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.

verb2

•
To make a counterplay; to play in response.
- I knew that, with this arrangement, unless I should counterplay, they would soon fleece me. — 1844
•
To counter; to contrast or contradict.
- Yürük weaving generally comprises a rich burnt apricot, particularly in the borders; a mulberry-red filling large areas of the field; lighter reds used to counterplay against a deep, dark crimson […] — 1997

forms

counterplayed · counterplaying · counterplays

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