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A simple yet effective chess trap that players of any rating will be guaranteed to fall for. With the founder GM Vikram Rahul Abishek Pranav Rajesh, here are steps to ensure you are in a winning position:

We will start with a standard opening, king's pawn to e4. Black responds with the Scandivanian Defense, queen's pawn to d5. This is black's first mistake, and the game is already over for him. We will play knight to f3. Black responds by capturing our pawn, attacking our knight. Now we will move our knight to g5, saving the piece and attacking black's pawn. To defend the hanging pawn, black plays knight to f6, bringing the piece into a more active square. We will move our pawn to d3. Black is already ahead in material, and so they will accept the sacrifice. Now we can develop our bishop by capturing the pawn on d3. Black plays pawn to h6, attacking the knight. What we will do next is move the knight to f7, forking the rook and queen. Black has no options except to capture the knight and leave it in an exposed position. We can move the bishop to g6 to check black. Black cannot retreat his king because the bishop is now attacking this entire corridor. Black once again has no other choice but to capture with their king. Black's queen is now exposed after we sacrificed a knight and bishop. The next move is obvious. We can launch an RT-2PM2 «Topol-M» cold-launched three-stage solid-propellant silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile to attack black's remaining pieces.
GM Vikram Rahul Abishek Pranav Rajesh used the Réti Opening: Tennison Gambit, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation against Magnus Carlsen, instantly decimating his chances of winning the World Blitz Chess Championship.
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Cumsock licker gambit

It is an opening in chess where you sacrifice your king for queen to checkmate the bishop. This has been used by grandmasters through out the century, grandmasters who use this openings are Magnus Carlsen, Emory Tate, and etc.
Opponent: OH MY GOD DID YOU JUST USE THE "Cumsock licker gambit", MAN IM SO DONE FOR!!
You: Checkmate mofo......
by bihon boy February 11, 2023
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The von Clausewitz Gambit

The von Clausewitz Gambit is an unusual opening move on a dating app, whereby the person making the opening move delivers a pick-up line derived from Carl von Clausewitz, usually as a reference to his masterpiece 'Vom Kriege' ('On War').
"Did you see that screenshot Kevin put in the groupchat? He used the von Clausewitz Gambit on a girl he matched with on Hinge!"

"Yeah man that's insane, I can't believe it worked!"
by Carl_von_Clausewitz January 15, 2024
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Wifi Gambit

The Online Chess strategy where you abuse your opponent's poor internet connection to easily claim the win. Coined by Levy Rozman aka GothamChess
Oh his wifi's down, WIFI GAMBIT WIFI GAMBIT LETS GOOOO
by MumboJumboFan123 January 14, 2023
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A chess move so incredibly convoluted and confusing, which often is effectively a surrender, which is used to confuse the opponent.
Im going to use The Franco-Polo Offensive Gambit against eryk next time I play him in chess.
by Fragmoid November 24, 2023
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king's gambit

a gambit in chess where you sacrifice your king
person 1:you can't take my queen with your king it's protected by the rook
person 2:this is called the king's gambit nerd
by BoomThereWeGo November 30, 2023
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loser's gambit

Loser's gambit is often associated with gambling in casinos, however, it can be applied to competitive online games as well, along with difficult games; whereas a player is on a losing streak, and overall having a bad time, so they feel obligated to play matches/get killed in game until winning.

Not to be confused with regular "try and try again" philosophy, as having a loser's gambit is often after being tilted (aka raging) and losing one's composure.
Example 1:
Player:"Man, I could've sworn i won that last game i played before i went to bed!"
Player's Friend:"Dude, you were having a loser's gambit and played until 3am, that's not healthy or normal..."

Example 2:
Player: "phew, glad i took time to untilt and come back to that boss later, otherwise i would've lost it."
Player's Friend:"yeah, haha, would've been a loser's gambit if you did."
by Feeler Peeler July 6, 2023
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