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The person proving your strategy wrong in real time, free of charge.
means A person who stands against you in a contest, argument, or game, trying to win where you're trying to win too.
from From Latin opponere, 'to set against' or 'place opposite' — ob- ('against') plus ponere ('to put, place'). The same ponere root gives English a whole family of 'positioning' words, like 'component' and 'deposit.' An opponent, literally, is just whoever's been put on the other side of the board from you.
- etymology
- latin for placed against
- game theory
- your best teacher has no obligation to be nice
- sports psychology
- studying them beats studying yourself alone
- chess wisdom
- the opponent is also trying to win