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counterplay

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11 lettersPart of speech nounSorted acelnoprtuyStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board

Word origin

From counter- + play.

Used in a sentence

  • Milov might have tried 15 ... b4 to give himself some counterplay on the queenside.
  • Near-synonym: playing off meta — colloquial
  • I knew that, with this arrangement, unless I should counterplay, they would soon fleece me.

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