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Definition of Gambits
1. gambit [n] - See also: gambit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambits
Literary usage of Gambits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Chess by James Mason (1895)
"THE KING'S gambits. Aside from other Pawn moves—2 P—Q ... In the main, these
gambits are regarded as unsound, and in consequence they occupy no very ..."
2. Chess by Leopold Hoffer (1916)
"THE gambits. What the nature of a Gambit is the reader will be familiar ...
Formerly the gambits were played very frequently, but with the spread of the ..."
3. Synopsis of Chess Openings: A Tabular Analysis by William Cook, Joseph W. Miller (1884)
"Mr. AE Blackmar, of New Orleans, sends to the editor the following analysis of
winning positions in two interesting gambits invented by him, ..."
4. Analysis of the Game of Chess: Illus. by Diagrams, on which are Marked the by François Danican Philidor (1824)
"... You are to observe that, in the attack of gambits, the king's bishop is
undoubtedly the best piece, and the king's pawn the best pawn ..."
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