An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
Ploy: a maneuver in a game or conversation
A chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
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. The film was directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay by Jack Davies and Alvin Sargeant.
Gambit is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1962.
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 Jim Lee, he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #266 (August 1990).
Codenamed Gambit, the KH-7 was a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967. Details of the satellite are still considered to be classified information. The satellite is believed to have a ground resolution of 0.46 meters.
Gambit was a game show, created by Wayne Cruseturner, produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions, and aired on CBS from September 4, 1972 to December 10, 1976.
Gambit is a free software Scheme implementation, which provides a compiler with a C back end and an interpreter.
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