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n. An opening in chess in which a minor piece, or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered in exchange for a favorable position.

n. A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage.

n. A remark intended to open a conversation.

n. An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

n. Any ploy or stratagem.

n. A remark intended to open a conversation.

n. A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.

n. In chess-playing, an opening in which a pawn or a piece is sacrificed, or at least offered, for the sake of, or with the object of obtaining, an advantageous attack.

n. a maneuver in a game or conversation

n. a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

n. an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

"The problem with the madman gambit is that you pretty much have to be a madman to do it."

tactical maneuver    tactical manoeuvre    manoeuvre    maneuver    chess move    input    remark    comment   

greco gambit    king's knight's gambit    scotch gambit    gambit pawn    steinitz gambit    evans gambit    macdonnell's double gambit    double gambit    muzio gambit    allgaier gambit   

ploy    maneuverings    strider    ruse    parrying    manoeuvring    stratagem    adventuress