Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 16:35:42 05/26/02
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On May 26, 2002 at 19:11:34, bob o wrote: >>Depends on your theory. If your theory is: "Every program has one rating which >>doesn't depend on the opponent" then you're right. But if you see that there are >>always "Angstgegner" (what's that in english? Angstgegner means an opponent >>against whom you're results are always very bad) of a program you have to think >>about what kind of rating you want to look at. > >I guess one translation would be 'nemesis'; if you lose to me on a regular >basis, then I am your nemesis. > >http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=nemesis > >Bob 'angst' is English too, angst has in English a neurotic background, so that we could say "angst opponent", the one against whom something goes wrong in some direction, and always! So, we have zeitnot, zugzwang, kindergarden - a lot of German words in chess. :) Rolf Tueschen
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