A gambit (from Italian gambetto, the act of tripping someone with the leg to make them fall) is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices material with...
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Gambit (Remy Étienne LeBeau) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. The character...
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The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 American coming-of-age period drama television miniseries based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The title...
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The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today...
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of chess openings that are gambits. The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, ECO code, and defining...
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Look up gambit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A gambit is a type of chess opening move in which one of the pieces is sacrificed in order to achieve...
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The Englund Gambit is a rarely played chess opening that starts with the moves: 1. d4 e5?! Black's idea is to avoid the traditional closed queen's pawn...
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King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit, White...
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Gambit is an unproduced American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It was intended to be an installment of the X-Men...
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The Halloween Gambit (also known as the Müller–Schulze Gambit or Leipzig Gambit) is an aggressive chess opening gambit in which White sacrifices a knight...
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The Evans Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 The Evans Gambit is an attacking line of the Giuoco...
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The Tennison Gambit is a chess opening in which White gambits a pawn. The opening moves begin with either the Zukertort Opening: 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 or the...
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The Queen's Gambit Declined (or QGD) is a chess opening in which Black declines a pawn offered by White in the Queen's Gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 This...
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Scotch Game (redirect from Napoleon Gambit)
Variation) 4...Qf6 4...Nxd4?! 4...Bb4+?! 4.Bc4 (Scotch Gambit) 4.c3 (Göring Gambit) 4.Bb5 (Relfsson Gambit) In the main line after 4.Nxd4, Black has two major...
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The Benko Gambit (or Volga Gambit) is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence arising after: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5...
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The Queen's Gambit is a chess opening. Queen's Gambit may also refer to: The Queen's Gambit (novel), 1983, by Walter Tevis, later developed into the 2020...
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The Bishop's Gambit is a variation of the King's Gambit, a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 (The King's Gambit Accepted) 3...
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The Danish Gambit, known as the Nordisches Gambit in German and the Noords Gambiet in Dutch (both meaning Nordic Gambit), is a chess opening that begins...
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The McDonnell Gambit is a chess opening gambit in the King's Gambit, Classical Variation that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4....
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The Irish Gambit, Chicago Gambit, or Razzle Dazzle Gambit is a weak chess opening that begins: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5? intending 3...Nxe5 4.d4. This...
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Alexandra Botez (redirect from Botez Gambit)
pandemic, the PogChamps internet celebrity chess tournaments, and Queen's Gambit series on Netflix. The Botez sisters regularly collaborate with other top...
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Bird's Opening (redirect from From Gambit)
White's plan to control e5 immediately by playing From's Gambit (1...e5); however, the From Gambit is notoriously double-edged and should only be played...
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The Staunton Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 f5 (the Dutch Defence) 2. e4!? White sacrifices a pawn for quick development,...
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In chess, the Wing Gambit is an opening in which White plays an early b4, deflecting an enemy pawn or bishop from c5 so as to regain control of d4, an...
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Death's Gambit is a side-scrolling action role-playing game developed by White Rabbit and published by Adult Swim Games. It was released for Windows and...
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In chess, the Kieseritzky Gambit is an opening line in the King's Gambit. It begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Following...
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The Elephant Gambit (also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit, Englund Counterattack or Turkish Gambit) is a rarely played chess opening beginning with...
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The Swiss Gambit is a chess opening which is an offshoot of Bird's Opening (1.f4) and begins with the moves: 1. f4 f5 2. e4 This article uses algebraic...
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Queen's Gambit Declined) and 2...c6 (the Slav Defense). The Queen's Gambit is not considered a true gambit, in contrast to the King's Gambit, because...
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The Latvian Gambit (or Greco Countergambit) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5?! It is one of the oldest chess openings...
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