Examples of using "соперника" in a sentence and their english translations:
They surpassed their rival.
- I have underestimated the strength of my opponent.
- I've underestimated the strength of my opponent.
Lincoln greeted his former political rival.
He defeated his opponent in the election.
Sometimes, one of the players manages to force the opponent to make a move that causes him to lose. It is then said that he put the opponent in zugzwang.
Mickey Conners made mincemeat of his opponent in the ring.
Some people say that it is human nature to root for the underdog.
Gonzalez's first double fault came at the most inopportune moment when he was down a set point.
Jose screamed “man on” when he saw a player from the opposition behind Marcello.
A draw is the most frequent result of closed matches, in which each player seeks, above all, to restrict the opponent's actions.
Gambit is an opening maneuver in which a pawn is usually offered to gain positional advantage, to break the opponent's central structure or to accelerate the development of pieces.
With a shrewd maneuver, the army in black uniform captured the opponent's queen, and they surrendered, because without their most valuable figure it would be useless to continue fighting. The battle was lost.
White: rook on a1, pawn on b6, king on c8. Black: pawns on a7 and b7, king on a8, bishop on b8. White puts the opponent in zugzwang by playing the rook to a6, after which Black has only two options: take the rook on a6 or move his bishop to any other square on the diagonal b8-h2. In the first case, White advances his pawn from b6 to b7 and checkmates. In the second situation, the white rook takes the black pawn on a7, with the same result.