This article is about the chess term. For alternate meanings see Gambit (disambiguation).

A gambit is a chess opening in which something, usually a piece, is sacrificed in order to achieve an advantage. Usually, the piece sacrificed is a pawn, but there are also gambits sacrificing a bishop or knight, such as the Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0) and Cochrane Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7). A gambit played by Black is often called a countergambit.

There are three general methods in which a gambit can help a player's position. For a gambit to be sound it will typically have some degree of at least two of the following:

• Time: the player accepting the gambit must take time to procure the sacrificed material and possibly must use more time to redirect the capturing piece after the material is taken. Often the gain in time is accomplished by a pawn capturing two pawns and then being captured itself by a developing piece.
• Activity/Structure: Often a player accepting a gambit will decentralize his pieces or pawns and his poorly placed pieces will allow the gambiteer to place his own pieces and pawns on squares that may otherwise have been inaccessible. In addition, rooks (and less commonly bishops) can become more active simply because the loss of pawns often gives rise to open files and diagonals.
• Destruction: Finally, accepting a gambit may lead to tragic weaknesses in his own position. This can be as simple as a compromised pawn structure, but there is also the more dynamic possibility of the player accepting the material and then having to destroy his own position in trying to hold onto it.

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