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Definition of Counterplay
1. Noun. (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board.
Definition of Counterplay
1. Noun. (chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterplay
1. [n -PLAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterplay
Literary usage of Counterplay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare's Dramatic Art: History and Character of Shakespeare's Plays by Hermann Ulrici (1876)
"Shakspeare. at times, brings this counterplay clearly and openly into the
foreground, especially in cases where the question is not merely about the getting ..."
2. Mystery of the Golden Cloth by Jasper Seaton Hughes (1898)
"Although we are able to see plainly the counterplay of opposition and imitation
in this sign ... :ople, so here in this counterplay we must infer that some- ..."
3. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1916)
"It is in this counterplay between the metre and the sense that the charm of
versification lies. From this it follows as a practical corollary that to read ..."
4. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"... the counterplay of influence. 26. Make a list of the characters with special
reference to the traits displayed and account, if possible, for any changes ..."
5. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1896)
"... upon certain phases of the problem and adds in fuller detail Catherine's
characterizations of the Revolutionary movement and its European counterplay. ..."
6. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1899)
"What interests her, and—better still—what, through her, interests her readers,
is the play and counterplay of character. For the larger and more enduring ..."
7. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"... might : " What is the First Cause which set all this array of force in motion,
and which guides it through the complicated counterplay of nature ? ..."
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