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Cryptic Tactics of Obscure Boardplay
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Strategy involving total surround to cut off enemy resources.
  • 3. Forcing opponent into confined positions with limited escape.
  • 8. Incrementally increasing stakes or pressure to force adaptations.
  • 11. Intentional loss of piece to gain long-term strategic advantage.
  • 14. Configuring resources to maximize eventual returns in complex games.
  • 15. A deceptive ploy to regain lost ground or advantage.
Down
  • 2. A rare German term for preliminary positional chatter or bluff.
  • 4. Linking consecutive moves or pieces to create compounded effects.
  • 5. Highly risky, unproven move that may yield outsized rewards.
  • 6. Offering material early to seize initiative or development lead.
  • 7. Repetitive tactical sequence applied to unsettle opposing play.
  • 9. An unconventional assault that disrupts opponent’s expectations.
  • 10. Simultaneously threatening two targets, forcing a defensive dilemma.
  • 12. Decoy play causing opponent to miscalculate response.
  • 13. Self-sustaining strategy to build advantage from minimal resources.
  • 16. Compulsion to move that worsens your position, famously in chess.
  • 17. In Go, holding the initiative to force opponent responses.

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