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counterplay::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | counterattack |
| Type of | attack |
Examples of counterplay
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Here Black's king and bishop stand well, but White still has irritating counterplay.
From the guardian.co.uk
White will attack on the Kingside, Black will seek Queenside counterplay.
From the latimes.com
With it, White tries to slowly envelop Black on the kingside without allowing counterplay.
From the nytimes.com
White is going to storm the queenside while black will seek counterplay on the kingside.
From the scienceblogs.com
The line he played should still be winning, but it gives black some strong counterplay.
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Bf4 Qe7 arrives just in time, giving him good queenside counterplay.
From the washingtontimes.com
White cannot find counterplay as his knights have no decent squares.
From the guardian.co.uk
It can also be used by a player with an advantage to amplify that advantage or reduce the opponent's counterplay.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Black fails to create counterplay.
From the latimes.com
- Counterattack: (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
- This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. ...
- Possibilities for retaliation, switching from a defensive posture to an offensive posture.
- A method of defending against an attack by an opponent that tries to attack the opponent's position in kind.
- When a player has undergone sustained attack and now begins his own attacking manouevres, he is responding with his own Counterplay ... It's a more-involved attacking sequence, than a single Counter-attack.
- Active maneuvering by the player in an inferior or defensive position.
- Situation when an opponent on defense starts an attack of his own.
