First move
Gambit and first move are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gambit" instead a noun phrase "First move".
Gambit
Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Elleston Trevor wrote a series of mysteries in which the investigator was Hugo Bishop; each book had a chess piece title (Knight Sinister, Queen in Danger, Bishop in Check, Pawn in Jeopardy, and Rook's Gambit), and the chapters were labelled "First Move," "Second Move," etc.
Source: Chess Motifs
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