Gambit is an opening maneuver in which a pawn is usually offered to gain positional advantage, to break the opponent's central structure or to accelerate the development of pieces.
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Gambit
//ˈɡæmbɪt//
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41 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- جَامْبِت noun (chess move)
- غَامْبِت noun (chess move)
Catalan
1 entries- gambit noun (chess move)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 棄兵開局 /弃兵开局 noun (chess move)
Czech
1 entries- gambit noun (chess move)
Danish
1 entries- gambit noun (chess move)
Dutch
1 entries- gambiet noun (chess move)
Esperanto
1 entries- gambito noun (chess move)
Estonian
1 entries- gambiit noun (chess move)
Finnish
4 entries- avaus noun (conversation opener)
- gambiitti noun (chess move)
- juoni noun (ploy)
- keskustelunavaus noun (conversation opener)
French
2 entries- gambit noun (chess move)
- stratagème noun (ploy)
Georgian
1 entries- გამბიტი noun (chess move)
German
1 entries- Gambit noun (chess move)
Hawaiian
1 entries- gamabita noun (chess move)
Hungarian
1 entries- vezércsel noun (chess move)
Italian
1 entries- gambetto noun (chess move)
Japanese
1 entries- ギャンビット noun (chess move)
Kazakh
1 entries- гамбит noun (chess move)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- гамбит noun (chess move)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- gambit noun (chess move)
Macedonian
1 entries- гамбит noun (chess move)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gambit noun (chess move)
Persian
1 entries- گامبی noun (chess move)
Polish
2 entries- gambit noun (chess move)
- gambit noun (ploy)
Portuguese
3 entries- estratagema noun (ploy)
- gambito noun (chess move)
- jogada noun (ploy)
Russian
3 entries- гамби́т noun (chess move)
- гамби́т noun (ploy)
- уло́вка noun (ploy)
Slovak
1 entries- gambit noun (chess move)
Spanish
3 entries- estratagema noun (ploy)
- gambito noun (chess move)
- tema noun (conversation opener)
Tamil
1 entries- பலியாட்டம் noun (chess move)
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The king's gambit (1. e4 e5 2. f4) and the queen's gambit (1. d4 d5 2. c4) are two of the best known openings in the game of chess.
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"The Queen's Gambit" is the title of a recent series. Its main character, Beth Harmon, is a little orphan who becomes an exceptional chess player.
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Masterful gambit, sir.
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