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As far as I know, the verb 勝つ takes a direct object with に as

  * 彼はチェス試合に勝った。He won the chess match.

and takes an indirect object with に対して as

  * 彼は私に対してチェス試合に勝った。He won the chess match against me.

Now I found a sentence that seems to be inconsistent as follows.

> X: チェスにかけては、私に勝てる人がいないと自信を持っている。
>
> X': When it comes to chess, I have confidence that none can { (win against)
> | (beat) } me.

# Question

For the sake of consistency, why don't we use 私に対して勝てる instead of 私に勝てる in X?
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Inconsistency in applying direct object to 勝つ
対して is extra and 私に勝てる is more common than 私に対して勝てる.

And 彼は、私にチェスの試合で勝った and 彼は、私とのチェスの試合に(で)勝った are natural.
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