NOUN
- (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
How To Use counterplay In A Sentence
- This thrust, though, is generally reckoned to grant sufficient dynamic counterplay. Times, Sunday Times
- Rb8 Supporting the counterplay with b5-b4, the rook move was always regarded as the best. Lubomir Kavalek: Chess in Clouds of Smoke
- This is the only way of creating definite counterplay. Times, Sunday Times
- This move will provide sufficient counterplay to simplify and force a draw. Times, Sunday Times
- White's achievements appear modest, but he has restricted his opponent's chances of counterplay. Times, Sunday Times
- Far more natural is 8 ... a6 preparing standard queenside counterplay. Times, Sunday Times
- Qc6! with a counterplay, leading to a facinating draw after 21.f3 gxf3 22.gxf3 Rg6! Lubomir Kavalek: When Bobby Fischer Played Chess Like Misha Tal
- His queenside has been totally dismantled whilst his counterplay elsewhere has been non-existent. Times, Sunday Times
- Howell has switched the knight over to a menacing square, but Short's counterplay through the middle was strong enough and the game finally ended in a [email protected] Chess: Working the variations
- In theory, dynamic counterplay should compensate for this concession. Times, Sunday Times
