Crossword-Solution: GAMBIT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Gambit | n. | A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GAMBIT (5)
Steinitz is also erroneously credited with strongly favouring the attack in the Scotch Gambit, for we do not remember a single game on record in which he ever adopted that form of opening as first player.
This consideration furnishes the key for the understanding of the most popular Queen's Pawn opening, which is (1) P-d4 P-d5 (2) Kt-f3 Kt-f6 (3) P-c4 White offers a Pawn to induce Black to give up his center-Pawn, hence the name "Queen's Gambit." If Black could actually hold the Pawn he would be justified in accepting the Gambit unless it can be demonstrated that White's advantage in development yields a winning attack.
However, White can easily regain the Gambit-Pawn, and so there is absolutely no reason why Black should give up his Pawn-center.
The way in which White regains his Pawn in the accepted Gambit is this: (3) ..., Pxc4; (4) P-e3, P-b5; (5) P-a4, P-c6 (if Black takes the Pawn a4, White captures the Pawn c4 and then regains the a-Pawn.
For this reason the Queen's Gambit is hardly ever accepted and the following defense played instead: (1) P-d4 P-d5 (2) Kt-f3 Kt-f6 (3) P-c4 P-e6 (4) Kt-c3 Black has now the choice between either advancing his c-Pawn right away or first developing the pieces of his Queen's wing.
Quotes with GAMBIT (3)
When she had failed once or twice to respond to some conversational gambit or other, Bond also relapsed into silence and occupied himself with his own gloomy thoughts.
What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 39 times in crossword archives (1951–2024).