Attack while losing piece in board game Othello? (11)

I believe the answer is:

counterplay

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'attack while losing piece' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'board game othello?' is the wordplay.
'board' becomes 'counter'.
'game othello?' becomes 'play' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'counter'+'play'='COUNTERPLAY'

'in' acts as a link.

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