Gambit (disambiguation)

A gambit is a type of chess opening move in which one of the pieces is sacrificed in order to achieve a better position.

Gambit may also refer to:

Film

 * Gambit (1966 film), a 1966 film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine
 * Gambit (2012 film), a remake of the 1966 film
 * Gambit (unproduced film), an unproduced X-Men franchise film about the eponymous Marvel Comics comicbook superhero

Television

 * Gambit (game show), based on the card game blackjack
 * Gambit (British game show), UK version based on the card game blackjack
 * Mike Gambit, a character in The New Avengers TV series
 * "Gambit", an episode of Blake's 7
 * "Gambit" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a 1993 two-part, seventh-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * Opening gambit, a short stand-alone action sequence starting many episodes of MacGyver

Music

 * The Gambit (record producer) (born 1982), rapper and record producer
 * The Gambit (album) by Shelly Manne & His Men

Other

 * Gambit (Marvel Comics), a fictional comic book superhero and member of the X-Men in the Marvel Universe
 * Gambit (novel), a 1962 Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout
 * Gambit system, a party control system implemented in the Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings video game

Technology

 * Gambit (forum), a non-profit gambling industry organisation
 * Gambit (Scheme implementation), an implementation of the Scheme programming language
 * 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

Other

 * Gambit, a lexical item, or unit
 * Gambit Publications, a publisher of chess books
 * Gambit (roller coaster), a former roller coaster at Japanese amusement park, Thrill Valley
 * Gambit (newspaper), a New Orleans-based newspaper
 * Operation Gambit, a part of Operation Neptune
 * Contract bridge, opening bid on the 2 level for a long weak suit to be made Trump, thereby hindering opponent bids to reach game in another suit