What is Gambit (disambiguation)?

Information about Gambit (disambiguation)

A gambit is a chess opening in which something is sacrificed in order to achieve a better position.

Gambit may also refer to:

In fiction:
  • Gambit (comics), a fictional comic book superhero and member of the X-Men in the Marvel Universe
  • Mike Gambit, a character in The New Avengers TV series.
  • Gambit (novel), a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout
  • Gambit (film), a 1966 film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot
In media: In military history: In philosophy: In sports:
  • The Maddux Gambit, a sacrifice in one game in order to achieve an advantage later in the sports season (or even, later in the player's career).
In technology:
  • GAMBIT, the geometric modeling and mesh generation software distributed with FLUENT
  • Gambit (satellite), a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967
  • KH-8 Gambit, a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984
  • Gambit system, a party control system implemented in the Final Fantasy XII video game.
  • Gambit (Scheme implementation), an implementation of the Scheme programming language
In television:
  • Gambit (game show), a game show based on the card game blackjack
  • "Gambit" (TNG episode), a two-part, seventh-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • The Gambit, a rapper and record producer
In linguistics:
  • A gambit (linguistics) is a linguistic entity occurring in spoken conversation which does not forward this conversation towards a potential outcome.

See also

  • Bishop's gambit
gambit is a chess opening in which material (usually but not always a single pawn), is sacrificed in order to achieve an advantage. A gambit used as a defence to a gambit is called a countergambit (e.g., Albin Countergambit).
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Gambit (Remy LeBeau) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who is a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Mike Collins, he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #266 (August 1990).
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Mike Gambit (or Michael Gambit) was a character in the British TV series The New Avengers. Played by actor Gareth Hunt, Gambit was a secret agent and racing driver who was a member of "The New Avengers" with characters John Steed and Purdey.
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Gambit

Author Rex Stout
Cover artist Bill English
Country United States
Language English
Series Nero Wolfe
Genre(s) Detective fiction
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date October 12, 1962
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IMDb profile
Gambit is a 1966 film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot to steal a priceless antiquity from millionaire Mr Shabandar, played by Herbert Lom.
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Gambit Weekly
Type Alternative weekly
Format Tabloid

Owner Gambit Communications, Inc.
Publisher Margo DuBos
Editor Clancy DuBos
Founded 1981
Headquarters 3923 Bienville St.
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During World War II Operation Gambit was a part of Operation Neptune, the landing phase of the invasion of northern France (Overlord). Gambit involved two X class submarines (British midget submarines) which marked the extreme left and right limits of the British and
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Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit) is the application by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal of decision theory to the belief in God. It was set out in the Pensées
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The Maddux Gambit is a strategic move used to gain a long-term advantage, by taking a short-term loss.

The Maddux Gambit is so named because one of the first descriptions of the strategy refers to a pair of situations in which San Diego Padres baseball pitcher Greg Maddux
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gambit is a chess opening in which material (usually but not always a single pawn), is sacrificed in order to achieve an advantage. A gambit used as a defence to a gambit is called a countergambit (e.g., Albin Countergambit).
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Gambit, the KH-7 was a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967. Like the older CORONA system, it acquired imagery intelligence by taking photographs and returning the undeveloped film to earth.
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The KH-8, codenamed GAMBIT was a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984. Also known as Low Altitude Surveillance Platform.
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Final Fantasy XII (ファイナルファンタジーXII
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Gambit, also called Gambit-C, is a free software Scheme implementation, consisting of a Scheme interpreter, and a compiler which compiles Scheme to C. Its documentation [1] claims conformance to the R4RS, R5
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Gambit was a television game show, created by Wayne Cruseturner, produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions that aired on CBS from September 4, 1972 to December 10, 1976; it premiered the same day as two other successful CBS game shows, "The Price is Right" and "The Joker's
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The Gambit (born Anssi Lähteenoja in 1982 in Turku, Finland) is a rapper and record producer. He owns a record company, Queen Gambit Laboratoires, which produces rap and hip hop music for both English and Finnish rappers.
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