Sentence examples for a tournament player from inspiring English sources

Vic was more of a tournament player.

Naturally, there's a section devoted to chess, which Duchamp, a tournament player, was mad for.

A tournament player has to accumulate chips to withstand challenges, which become more consequential as the match progresses.

I'm actually a much better Magic player than him, I was a tournament player and he never was, but people assume it must be the other way around.

For someone with a full-time nonbridge occupation to be at the top levels of the game as a tournament player, a rubber-bridge enthusiast and an administrator is very rare. Louis Shenkin of Glasgow, who died last month at 86, was a lifelong carpet importer who fitted those specifications.

They may both say "Come on!" out loud to themselves after a missed shot, but being a tournament player means never having to say "Sorry!" or "Whoops!" When I first laid eyes on Marty Reisman in Vegas, he was zooming through the convention center (Marty walks faster than most people run), in his panama hat and a bright-orange sports jacket, on his way to a match.

Ideally, for several months leading to a tournament, players would use the same brand.

Derek Hibbs, 18, a regular tournament player, said reading felt too solitary.

But as soon as he touched chess, he blessed the game and vice versa, and rapidly became a major tournament player.

But he was also a prolific tournament player, representing Australia in six Bermuda Bowls, winning bronze medals in 1971 and 1979, and six World Team Olympiads.

A tournament bridge player, tennis player, and racing sailor, Mr. Galston remained a serious golfer into his late 90s.