counterplay

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It isn’t as if Google has become some sort of AI counterplay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Black in this line must generate queenside counterplay to stave off White’s methodically building kingside attack, but some time-wasting moves by Black’s queen put Yip in the hole after 19.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2024

White’s kingside array seems formidable, but Black smartly seeks counterplay with 25 … Rb3!

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Re8 9. g4 reveals her aggressive intentions, and Lee as Black hustles to generate queenside counterplay to avoid being swept off the board.

From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 2022

It is in the play and counterplay of these new forces that the American literature of the twentieth century must measure itself.

From The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures by Perry, Bliss