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Phrases 16
- Galileo gambitPurposeful attraction of criticism or ridicule for the purpose of portraying one's argument as oppressed and therefore correct. Also, the argument that one is correct due to such opposition.
- Danish GambitAn Open Game (and a variation of the Center Game) in chess, characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3, in which white's third move is queen's bishop's pawn to the third rank.
- Latvian GambitAn Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5.
- Stafford gambitA chess opening deriving from the Petrov Defence (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6) after which black gives up its king's pawn and plays the queen's knight to the C file (3. Nxe5 Nc6), especially when followed by (4. Nxc6 dxc6).
- Staunton GambitA chess opening gambit characterized by the moves 1.d4 f5 2.e4.
- Aleppo GambitSynonym of Queen's Gambit: A common Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4, in which white's second move is queen's bishop's pawn to the fourth rank.
- Benko GambitA chess opening characterized by the moves 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence.
- Botez gambitA major blunder in which a player unintentionally hangs (“makes vulnerable”) a queen or other important piece without any tactical or strategic compensation, often leading to a swift and avoidable loss.
- King's GambitAn Open Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.f4, in which white's second move is king's bishop's pawn to the fourth rank.
- Queen's GambitA common Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4, in which white's second move is queen's bishop's pawn to the fourth rank.
- Queen's Gambit DeclinedA chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6.
- Xanatos gambitA subtle plan (usually villainous) that cannot be foiled, such that attempts to defeat it actually further its creator's goals.
- Gibbins-Weidenhagen GambitA chess gambit arising from the Indian Game characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4.
- Shaviliuk GambitAn uncommon chess opening gambit arising from the Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e5.
- Queen's Gambit AcceptedA common Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4, in which black's second move is queen's pawn to the fourth rank, capturing white's queen's bishop's pawn, as a response to the Queen's Gambit.
- Zilbermints-Benoni GambitA very uncommon and unpracticed chess opening gambit characterized by the moves 1.d4 c5 2.b4.
Compound words 1
- countergambitA defence involving the use of the black-piece gambit in response to the white-piece gambit.