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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: words from chess #43497 10/03/2001 9:30 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 gambit (GAM-bit) noun: 1. An opening in which a minor piece is sacrificed to obtain a strategic advantage. I believe it's almost always a pawn sacrificed, not a "minor piece". (The latter term means a bishop or knight). E.g., Danish Gambit (2 pawns), King's Gambit, Queen's Gambit, Scotch Gambit, Evans Gambit. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted words from chess Alex Williams 10/02/2001 9:58 AM Re: words from chess - zugswang Keiva 10/02/2001 4:53 PM Re: words from chess Keiva 10/03/2001 9:30 AM Re: words from chess maverick 10/03/2001 12:22 PM Re: words from chess consuelo 10/03/2001 3:35 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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