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A gambit (from Italian gambetto, the act of tripping someone with the leg to make them fall) is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices material with the aim of achieving a subsequent positional advantage.
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 ...
In chess, a trap is a move which tempts the opponent to play a bad move. [1] Traps are common in all phases of the game; in the opening, some traps have occurred often enough that they have acquired names.
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Desert Golfing is a minimalist golf video game developed and published by Canadian indie studio Blinkbat Games, designed by Justin Smith, and released on August 6, 2014, for iOS and Android, [1] and on December 19, 2017, for Windows and macOS. [2] It received a positive reception from critics for its addictive gameplay and simplicity.
Gambit, based on the card game blackjack Gambit (British game show), UK version based on the card game blackjack; Mike Gambit, a character in The New Avengers TV series "Gambit", an episode of Blake's 7 "Gambit" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a 1993 two-part, seventh-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. [3] One of the largest chess platforms in the world, [4] the site has a freemium model in which some features are available for free, and others are available for accounts with subscriptions.
Ghulam Kassim (birth date unknown, died Madras 1844) was an Indian chess player and author of the early 19th century, best known today for a variation of the King's Gambit that bears his name. In colonial India, several native forms of chess were popular; Ghulam Kassim was one of the first Indian players to achieve a degree of proficiency at ...