Chess player's starting tactic Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Chess player's starting tactic . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OPENINGGAMBIT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OPENINGGAMBIT Chess player's starting tactic (13)
7% BLACKANDWHITE Unqualified chess players (13) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 14, 2025
6% BLACK Chess player making the second move (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 15, 2025
6% TWO Number of players in a chess match (3)
5% P Certain chess piece (1) USA Today Quick Nov 23, 2025
5% ROOK Certain chess piece (4) USA Today Quick Nov 23, 2025
5% HADGAME Was a player (7) Wall Street Journal Nov 22, 2025
5% PLOYS Artful tactics (5) Newsday Nov 20, 2025
5% MAN Chess piece (3) Thomas Joseph Nov 17, 2025
5% ONSET Start (5) The Telegraph Mini Nov 16, 2025
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