Sentence examples for by the first player from inspiring English sources

-- FAST4 FORMAT - THE RULES First to four games Each set is won by the first player to win four games.

Matches are three-of-five-game affairs and games are won by the first player to reach 21.

The tie-break is won by the first player to win five points, with no need to have won two more points than your opponent.

The match will go a maximum of 16 games and will be won by the first player to amass 8 1/2 points, with Kasparov retaining the title in the event of an 8-8 tie.

Aeneas's evocation of Priam's grisly death is echoed and parodied by the First Player in Hamlet, divine intervention in mortal affairs is picked up in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the doomed love of Dido and Aeneas prefigures Antony and Cleopatra.

Games that have been "solved" in this way include Connect-4, Go-Moku (also known as 5-in-a-row) and 3-dimensional noughts and crosses (played on a mind-boggling 4x4x4 matrix), all of which are won by the first player with correct play.

Stevens was honored by the Devils by becoming the first player in team history to have his number retired by the team; his #4 was raised to the rafters on February 3 , 2006

After the Arrows their first title on March 25 , 1979 Messing, who made headlines by becoming the first player signed by the league, was named MVP of the championship series.

Coleman found his way among the distinguished group by becoming the first player from the N.H.L. Diversity Program taken in the entry draft.

The Englishman Luke Donald cemented his place in golf history last weekend by becoming the first player to win the money titles on the European and PGA Tours.

At the last Ryder Cup in 2010, Watson created history by being the first player to invite the crowd to whoop and holler as he teed off.