What is Gambit in chess?
Sacrificing material, usually a pawn, for faster development or attack.
Gambits trade material for the initiative. The Queen's Gambit and King's Gambit are famous examples - you give a pawn to seize the center and time.
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- Opening theoryThe body of analysed and established best-play sequences for the first moves of a game.
- TranspositionReaching the same position via a different order of moves.
- NoveltyA new, previously unplayed move in a known opening line.
- RepertoireThe set of openings a player has prepared and regularly plays.
- Main lineThe most theoretically important and commonly played continuation in an opening.
- SidelineA less common opening variation that deviates from the most popular main line.