Sentence examples for competitor plays from inspiring English sources

"Any competitor plays this game looking for respect, and that's all we're looking for... for respect," he started.

It also features an unusual format: Each competitor plays one rapid game and one blindfold game against each of the other competitors.

In Sarejevo, Bosnia, a double-round robin tournament (each competitor plays two games against each of the others) featuring Alexander Morozevich of Russia, No. 3, began last Friday.

This year, the total is about $315,000, and 10 of the top 12 players in the world are in the field, including Anand, No. 1; Magnus Carlsen, No. 2; and Levon Aronian, No. 3.  It has an unusual format: each competitor plays one rapid game and one blindfold game against each of the other competitors.

Schreck's competitor, played by Rosdely Ciprian, is a twelve-year-old champion debater.

The tournament was split into two eight-player preliminary sections in which each competitor played all the others.

The handful of competitors played his favorite game, hold 'em.

Eccentricity or quirkiness was rarely rewarded, and competitors playing to win took fewer chances.

Each year a different instrument was featured, the young competitors played a selection of classical repertoire.

The festival, which ended on Thursday, held elimination matches in which the competitors played two simultaneous games against one another.

"It's a validation," said Nodie Wiliams, a Russell terrier breeder from Winslow, Ark., as four of her dog's competitors played on grooming tables.