Acquire Quote by Siegbert Tarrasch

In a gambit you give up a Pawn for the sake of getting a lost game

— Samuel Boden

The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth... In very much the same way as the young man, on reaching his manhood…

— Emanuel Lasker

The thing about Gambit is that he's a man who knows how to adapt to survive. He plays things by ear, depending on the…

— Marjorie Liu

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!

— Bent Larsen

Theory regards this opening as incorrect, but it is impossible to agree with this. Out of the five tournament games played by me with…

— David Bronstein

In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.

— William Ewart Napier

“It (proof by contradiction) is a far finer gambit than any chess gambit: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or…

— G.H. Hardy

One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.

— Edmar Mednis

Boris Vasilievich was the only top-class player of his generation who played gambits regularly and without fear ... Over a period of 30 years…

— Garry Kasparov

Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his approach and…

— Neil McDonald

What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to…

— David Bronstein

You play it the way you always play it. You look for matchups, and you go through your progression, and you throw it to…

— Aaron Rodgers