Was heißt »Kon­tra­hent« auf Englisch?

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Kon­tra­hen­tin:

opponent

rival

Synonyme

An­t­a­go­nist:

antagonist

Feind:

enemy

feond

fiond

foe

Ge­gen­spie­ler:

adversary

Geg­ner:

adversary

foe

Kon­kur­rent:

competitor

Nein­sa­ger:

naysayer

Wett­kämp­fer:

contestant

Wi­der­sa­cher:

adversary

foe

Englische Beispielsätze

• Tom was a good opponent.

• With a courage born of despair, she faced her opponent in a duel.

• You gain one point for every opponent piece you capture.

• The correct, accurate plays with which to make a group secure, or to kill the opponent's group, are studied deeply by all strong players.

• An inner liberty where the opponent can still play, by capturing part of the group that encloses this liberty, is called a 'false eye' or 'deficient eye'.

• If a group of stones, even though it is completely surrounded by opposing stones, has two separate spaces inside, or two eyes, where the opponent cannot play, it will not be captured – it is considered a live group.

• In the game of Go, the rule of Ko (a term meaning eternity in Japanese) prevents repeating indefinitely between adjacent intersections, now the capture of a stone by a player, and then the capture of the capturing stone by the opponent.

• Separate your opponent's stones.

• He edged out his rival.

• He ousted his rival.

• After handing me two pieces and then two more, my opponent took three pieces of mine and made a king, winning the game.

• A combination is a planned series of moves that are intended to force certain responses from the opponent, and lead them into an undesirable position.

• You weave a mating net when you surround the opponent king, cutting off all its means of escape before moving in for the kill.

• When you play under time control remember that you are fighting the clock as well as your opponent.

• The best way to go about finding a good plan is to look for weaknesses in your opponent's position.

• Your game is harmonious when each move is connected to another, in a logical sequence, either with the idea of improving your position or, prophylactically, avoiding the realization of an idea of your opponent.

• If you hand over the queen or a rook in exchange for your opponent's bishop, knight, or even pawn, you are making a sacrifice, which is almost always, in fact, an investment because you are looking to gain advantageous compensation.

• When each side has only the king and some pawns, you need to calculate moves carefully to promote a pawn before your opponent.

• The king is strongest in the endgame, when there are only a few pieces left and it can help checkmate the opponent or win pieces.

• During the middle game, each player tries to weaken the opponent, attacking their pawns and capturing their pieces.