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Maradona Gambit 

In football, the act of committing a handball in an effort to either score on or prevent a goal from the opposing team, in order to win a match.

The "Maradona" portion of the word refers to Maradona's hand of god goal against England in '86.

Maradona's handball successfully fooled the ref and won Argentina their victory. More recently, Uruguay's striker Luis Suarez was caught blocking a goal with his hands. His gambit payed off as Ghana missed the resulting penalty kick and Uruguay won the match.
Friend: "That's BS! I can't believe that handball resulted in a win."

Me: "I know, total Maradona Gambit."

Reggie Gambit 

When a team owner on Goal Line Blitz, gets drunk the night before a simulation and allows an OC or DC to "experiment" with the tactics for the next playoff game.
I cannot believe Mat got so drunk he allowed Reggie to try another "Reggie Gambit". Good thing that punter had a good arm!
Reggie Gambit by Matrims January 20, 2009

Hungarian Cum Gambit

Abducting and marrying a Polish girl only to use a knight chess piece (♞) as a butt plug on her while flooding her other hole
As a fan of grand strategy games, I'm obliged to learn the Hungarian Cum Gambit chess move
GAMBIT:
1. Chess. an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
2. any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage.
"Man, I thought you had him when you were picking off all his guys, but he was just running a gambit on your ass."

"O.K., we're loosing this battle, unless we do something quick we're all going to be killed. We need to run a gambit on them. Half of us are going to flank thier rear."
gambit by Russel Dicks November 12, 2007

The Ross Gambit

A complex, higher level chess endgame maneuver in which the winning player sets up an unnecessary stalemate. Its primary use is in matches where a draw is more advantageous than a win. Originally scoffed at by modern players, the depth and creativity of the Ross Gambit is now hailed by chess theoreticians worldwide. The Ross Gambit is classified under post-pre-modern chess endgame strategies.
In the infamous game of "Ross's Folly" (McCarthy v. Crutcher, 2010), Ross McCarthy narrowly pulled out a draw against the near-vanquished Ian Crutcher. McCarthy's success in creating a stalemate when Crutcher had nearly achieved defeat is the first documented instance of The Ross Gambit.
The Ross Gambit by thug4lyf November 9, 2010
A gambit, according to Oxford Dictionary, is either a trick used in chess to gain the upper hand or a trick used to actually gain the upper hand in the outset of a situation.
Scenario 1:
Person 1: "Your dad is gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Person 2: "lmfao which one bruv"

Later:
Person 2 to a friend: "this was a gambit i used to counter-attack the urdadgay insult"

Scenario 2:
So apparently, I played the Danish Gambit to have both my bishops out, but whaddaya know, Black was a Protestant and attacked my light square bishop.
gambit by dippingsauce11 May 17, 2020