Milov might have tried 15 ... b4 to give himself some counterplay on the queenside.
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Counterplay
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Near-synonym: playing off meta — colloquial
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I knew that, with this arrangement, unless I should counterplay, they would soon fleece me.
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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.
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