Bishop's Gambit is a move in chess. It may also refer to:
A chess opening or simply an opening refers to the initial moves of a chess game. The term can refer to the initial moves by either side, White or Black, but an opening by Black may also be known as a defense. There are dozens of different openings, and hundreds of variants. The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. These vary widely in character from quietpositional play to wild tactical play. In addition to referring to specific move sequences, the opening is the first phase of a chess game, the other phases being the middlegame and the endgame.
A gambit is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices material with the aim of achieving a subsequent positional advantage. The word "gambit" is also sometimes used to describe similar tactics used by politicians or business people in a struggle with rivals in their respective fields, for example "The early election was a risky gambit by Theresa May".
Gambit is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee. Drawn by artist Mike Collins, Gambit made his first appearances in Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 and Uncanny X-Men #266.
The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves:
The Bogo-Indian Defense is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
In chess, the fianchetto is a pattern of development wherein a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent b- or g-file, the knight pawn having been moved one or two squares forward.
The Vienna Game is an opening in chess that begins with the moves:
The Bishop's Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves:
Queen's Pawn Game broadly refers to any chess opening starting with the move 1.d4, which is the second most popular opening move after 1.e4. The term is usually used to describe openings beginning with 1.d4 where White does not play the Queen's Gambit. The most common Queen's Pawn Game openings are:
The Four Knights Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Slav Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The Queen's Gambit Declined is a chess opening in which Black declines a pawn offered by White in the Queen's Gambit:
In the game of chess, Indian Defence or Indian Game is a broad term for a group of openings characterised by the moves:
An Open Game is a chess opening that begins with the following moves:
The wrong bishop is a situation in chess endgame when a bishop on the other color of square of the chessboard would either win a game instead of draw or salvage a draw from an inferior position ; in other words, a bishop is unable to guard squares of the other color. This most commonly occurs with a bishop and one of its rook pawns, but it also occurs with a rook versus a bishop, a rook and one rook pawn versus a bishop, and possibly with a rook and one bishop pawn versus a bishop.
The Scandinavian Defense is a chess opening characterized by the moves:
In shogi, the Pac-Man is a trap opening.