Not that I'm aware of. A gambit is a pawn sacrifice early in opening stage of the game in favor of quick development.
Can a "gambit" be anything other than a pawn?
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The Irish Gambit is considered unsound.(1e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nxe4 followed usually by 3... NxN.)
Just check out the Botez- Gambit 
It can be a pawn or a piece. Typically the compensation is a lead in development.
Mar 29, 2021
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Oh....good answers all around. I'm just familiar with pawn gambits mainly because they are common. At my humble level I usually just accept them and take my chances because I play good defense and endgames and often win if somebody tries a gambit. Against players that know what they are doing, I guess normally you don't accept gambits?
Something called this Irish gambit, but it's crap.
Mar 29, 2021
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hoodoothere wrote: I guess normally you don't accept gambits?
Just understand what you are doing when you accept gambits. It's like a "lose a turn" card when you play UNO. You are gaining a pawn or a piece, but you "lose a turn" doing something useful.
It's really easy to see is the danish gambit.(Move order is prolly incorrect)
At the end, black is basically at the starting position minus his most important pawn. White has develop both bishops and uncovered his queen.
Black is way behind on development, so it's going to be a fun attacking game where black is trying to use his material advantage and white is trying to attack before black can develop.
Mar 29, 2021
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binomine wrote:
hoodoothere wrote: I guess normally you don't accept gambits?
Just understand what you are doing when you accept gambits. It's like a "lose a turn" card when you play UNO. You are gaining a pawn or a piece, but you "lose a turn" doing something useful.
It's really easy to see is the danish gambit.(Move order is prolly incorrect)
At the end, black is basically at the starting position minus his most important pawn. White has develop both bishops and uncovered his queen.
Black is way behind on development, so it's going to be a fun attacking game where black is trying to use his material advantage and white is trying to attack before black can develop.
When I see that one I don't take the third pawn..... 4)Bc4 Qf6.....
Mar 29, 2021
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Infinite_Blitz wrote:
Something called this Irish gambit, but it's crap.
Can't see why anybody would do that "gambit" I would call it a mistake. Thought the Irish were generally smart except when they are drunk?
Mar 29, 2021
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hoodoothere wrote:
binomine wrote:
hoodoothere wrote: I guess normally you don't accept gambits?
Just understand what you are doing when you accept gambits. It's like a "lose a turn" card when you play UNO. You are gaining a pawn or a piece, but you "lose a turn" doing something useful.
It's really easy to see is the danish gambit.(Move order is prolly incorrect)
At the end, black is basically at the starting position minus his most important pawn. White has develop both bishops and uncovered his queen.
Black is way behind on development, so it's going to be a fun attacking game where black is trying to use his material advantage and white is trying to attack before black can develop.
When I see that one I don't take the third pawn..... 4)Bc4 Qf6.....
That's not a problem, white is still very far in development compared to black, and black has blocked his natural square for the development of his knight.
Mar 29, 2021
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delacanardo wrote:
Just check out the Botez- Gambit
I used to play the Botez gambit a lot. I didn't win many games, though.
no. it is only a gambit when you sac a pawn but not always when you sac a pawn
Mar 30, 2021
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hoodoothere wrote:
Infinite_Blitz wrote:
Something called this Irish gambit, but it's crap.
Can't see why anybody would do that "gambit" I would call it a mistake. Thought the Irish were generally smart except when they are drunk?
Poles are generally smart, yet there's an awful opening named after them too
Mar 30, 2021
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hoodoothere hat geschrieben:
...or is that just called a sacrifice?
Halloween gambit intensifies
Mar 30, 2021
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moneywaves hat geschrieben:
hoodoothere wrote:
Infinite_Blitz wrote:
Something called this Irish gambit, but it's crap.
Can't see why anybody would do that "gambit" I would call it a mistake. Thought the Irish were generally smart except when they are drunk?
Poles are generally smart, yet there's an awful opening named after them too
1.b4 isn't that bad of an opening, unless black counters with the german defense
...or is that just called a sacrifice?