plural of gambit

(chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.

(chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage. / Any ploy or stratagem. / A remark intended to open a conversation.

simple past tense and past participle of gambit

present participle of gambit

plural of Stafford gambit

A chess opening deriving from the Petrov Defence (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6) after which black gives up its king's pawn and plays the queen's knight to the C file (3. Nxe5 Nc6), especially when followed by (4. Nxc6 dxc6).

(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6.

A counterargument against the notion that the complexity of life and the universe necessitates the existence of a creator by pointing out that any creator is necessarily more complex than its creation.