counterplay

Example Sentences

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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

Black’s desperate search for counterplay only leaves him more exposed to a devastating strike: 24.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2022

With his rook largely a non-factor, Black has no good way to defend the a-pawn, and Ding methodically increases his advantage as his opponent grows more desperate for counterplay.

From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2022

As he rode through the forest he rehearsed every scheme of counterplay and every method that made for conquest which his fertile brain had conceived.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn