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In English, the word first appeared in Francis Beale's 1656 translation of a Gioachino Greco manuscript, The Royall Game of Chesse-play ("illustrated with almost one hundred Gambetts" [2]). The Spanish gambito led to French gambit, which has influenced the English spelling of the word. The metaphorical sense of the word as "opening move meant ...
The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves: [1]. 1. d4 d5 2. c4. It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today. It is traditionally described as a gambit because White appears to sacrifice the c-pawn; however, this could be considered a misnomer as Black cannot retain the pawn without incurring a disadvantage.
The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, ... English Opening. Jaenisch Gambit – A10 – 1.c4 b5 [65]
This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order.Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin.For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of ...
Gambit has starred in various team-up comics, collaborating with characters like Deadpool in Deadpool vs. Gambit, Wolverine in Wolverine/Gambit: Victims, The Night Man in The Night Man/Gambit and the X-Ternals in Gambit & The X-Ternals, before later partnering with Rogue in the Rogue & Gambit and Mr. & Mrs. X comic series, both centered on the ...
The sudden appearance and instantaneous popularity of "The Queen's Gambit" will likely be fleeting when the next hit Netflix original show drops—and that’s the point. What the 'Queen's Gambit ...
Most openings described as "Gambits" are played by White (e.g., King's Gambit), but a few are played by Black (e.g., Latvian Gambit). The terms "Accepted" or "Declined" may be appended to the name, depending on whether the opponent takes the offered material, as in the Queen's Gambit Accepted and Queen's Gambit Declined .
The Mean Streets andGangs of New York filmmaker became fascinated by statues of saints that were positioned around this house of prayer.. The saints — deceased figures who lived holy lives and ...