Gambit (disambiguation)

A gambit is a chess opening in which something is sacrificed in order to achieve a better position, it also refers to a similar plan used outside of chess.

Gambit may also refer to:

In fiction:
* Gambit, a fictional comic book superhero and member of the X-Men in the Marvel Universe
* Mike Gambit, a character in "The New Avengers" TV series.
* "Gambit", a 1966 film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot
* "Gambit', a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout
* "Gambit", a military thriller novel by Karna Small Bodham

In linguistics:
* Lexical items, also known as gambits

In media:
* Gambit Weekly, a New Orleans-based newspaper
* Gambit Publications, a publisher of chess books

In military history:
* Operation Gambit, a part of Operation Neptune

In philosophy:
* Pascal's Wager, also known as Pascal's Gambit

In sports:
* The Maddux Gambit, a sacrifice in one game in order to achieve an advantage later in the sports season (or even, later in the player's career).

In technology:
* GAMBIT, the geometric modeling and mesh generation software distributed with FLUENT
* Gambit, a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967
* KH-8 Gambit, a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984
* Gambit system, a party control system implemented in the "Final Fantasy XII" and "" video game.
* Gambit, an implementation of the Scheme programming language

In television:
* "Gambit", a game show based on the card game blackjack
* , a two-part, seventh-season episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
* "Gambit", an episode of Blake's 7
* The Gambit, a rapper and record producer