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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- StalemateA draw where the player to move has no legal move and isn't in check.
- CheckmateThe king is in check and has no legal way to escape - the game is over.
- Zwischenzug (in-between move)An unexpected move inserted before the 'expected' recapture.
- TempoA single move counted as a unit of time.
- DevelopmentBringing your knights and bishops off the back rank into the game.
- InitiativeBeing the side making threats and dictating play.