Definitions

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  • noun chess A gambit offered by the black (non-starting) player.

Etymologies

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counter- +‎ gambit

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Examples

  • By ordering Bill Clinton into South Carolina to attack Obama as a black candidate, Hillary exposed her King to Obama's withering countergambit~ the Kennedy Attack~ which Obama executed by moving his knight into play threatening the existence of the Clinton King.

    CLINTONS AND BUSHES / TWO OF A KIND AND NOT A WINNING HAND 2008

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