Word: antagonists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Almost everyone has dabbled in chess at some time or other. Many still play, usually against one steady antagonist whose methods they penetrate and whose methods they penetrate and whose game accordingly becomes tiresome. The club affords an opportunity for any member of the University of contending weekly against adversaries of varied skill, of playing in matches against different metropolitan clubs every Friday, and of representing the University in the Yale meet at New Haven and in the Intercollegiates at New York...
...Mendoza fight. The drawing is entitled "Foul Play; or Humphries and Johnson a Match for Mendoza." This extraordinary match was fought at Odihams in Hampshire on Jan. 9, 1788. After 25 minutes' contest, Mendoza by his superior skill is seen carrying off the honors of the day from his antagonist, when Johnson, after having revived Humphries by pouring cold water on his stomach, and finding him still weak and staggering, intervened...