counterplay

A game move made as a response.

A counterattack in a different part of the board.

Milov might have tried 15 ... b4 to give himself some counterplay on the queenside.

A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.

Near-synonym: playing off meta — colloquial

To make a counterplay; to play in response.

I knew that, with this arrangement, unless I should counterplay, they would soon fleece me.

In these wars of theirs for the heritage of the whole world, continents will be staked, India, China, South Africa, Russia, Islam called out, new technics and tactics played and counterplayed.

To counter; to contrast or contradict.

Yürük weaving generally comprises a rich burnt apricot, particularly in the borders; a mulberry-red filling large areas of the field; lighter reds used to counterplay against a deep, dark crimson […]

Self-reflections on hope are counterplayed by the grim reality in the camp, reminiscent of a lost home, and the agony for the future.