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As applied to [[chess]], it refers to losing material, usually a pawn or two, in order to obtain a strategic advantage. (There are some exceptions, such as the Muzio Gambit, which sacrifices an entire knight.) | As applied to [[chess]], it refers to losing material, usually a pawn or two, in order to obtain a strategic advantage. (There are some exceptions, such as the Muzio Gambit, which sacrifices an entire knight.) | ||
Revision as of 03:07, October 29, 2009
A gambit is the sacrifice of one thing in order to obtain something else, in a calculated risk.
As applied to chess, it refers to losing material, usually a pawn or two, in order to obtain a strategic advantage. (There are some exceptions, such as the Muzio Gambit, which sacrifices an entire knight.)
A gambit is also a small tool used to attach a cantle to a sporran.
Mike Gambit was a character in mid-70s Brtish action series 'The New Avengers', played by coffee salesman Gareth Hunt (d.2007).
Gambit was also one of the X-Men.