Gambit (disambiguation)

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A gambit is a chess opening in which material is sacrificed in order to achieve a better position.

Gambit may also refer to:

Fiction

Gambit (comics), a fictional comic book superhero and member of the X-Men in the Marvel Universe
Gambit (2016 film), a film based on the above character
Mike Gambit, a character in The New Avengers TV series
Gambit (1966 film), a 1966 film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine
Gambit (2012 film), a remake of the 1966 film
Gambit (novel), a 1962 Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout

KH-7 Gambit, a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967
KH-8 Gambit 3, a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984
Gambit (forum), a non-profit gambling industry organisation
Gambit system, a party control system implemented in the Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings video game
Gambit (Scheme implementation), an implementation of the Scheme programming language

Gambit (game show), based on the card game blackjack
"Gambit" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a 1993 two-part, seventh-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
"Gambit", an episode of Blake's 7
The Gambit (born 1982), rapper and record producer
The Gambit (album) by Shelly Manne & His Men
Opening gambit, a short stand-alone action sequence starting many episodes of MacGyver

Pascal's Gambit, a philosophy that humanity should believe in God because they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing so
Gambit (strategy card game), a strategy card game created by GB Company
Operation Gambit, a part of Operation Neptune
Gambit Weekly, a New Orleans-based newspaper
Gambit Publications, a publisher of chess books
Lexical items, also known as gambits
Gambit (roller coaster), a former roller coaster at Japanese amusement park, Thrill Valley

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