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Do the new chess AIs, such as Alpha Zero and Leela Zero, play gambits?

Queen's Gambit (1. d4 d5 2. c4) as such does not count; or, rather, Queen's Gambit counts only in lines in which a master might accept and try to hold the gambited material. By gambit, in this context, I do not mean a merely nominal gambit like the mainline Queen's Gambit, but rather a genuinely speculative offer of opening material like Evans' Gambit, for example, orexample—or like the gambit @Akavall gives below.

Do the new chess AIs, such as Alpha Zero and Leela Zero, play gambits?

Queen's Gambit (1. d4 d5 2. c4) as such does not count; or, rather, Queen's Gambit counts only in lines in which a master might accept and try to hold the gambited material. By gambit in this context, I mean a genuinely speculative offer of opening material like Evans' Gambit, for example, or like the gambit @Akavall gives below.

Do the new chess AIs, such as Alpha Zero and Leela Zero, play gambits?

By gambit, I do not mean a merely nominal gambit like the mainline Queen's Gambit, but rather a genuinely speculative offer of opening material like Evans' Gambit, for example—or like the gambit @Akavall gives below.

Clarified reference to Queen's Gambit; deleted bonus question.
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Do the new chess AIs, such as Alpha Zero and Leela Zero, play gambits?

Queen's Gambit doesn't count(1. I speakd4 d5 2. c4) as such does not count; or, rather of gambits, Queen's Gambit counts only in lines in which a human chess master would recognize asmight accept and try to hold the gambited material. By gambit in this context, I mean a genuinely speculative offersoffer of opening material, like Evans' Gambit, for example.

Bonus question: do the new chess AIs ever play offbeat openings like Grob's Attack 1. g4, or evenlike the Scandinavian Defense 1gambit @Akavall gives below. e4 d5, whether for surprise or for some other reason?

Do the new chess AIs, such as Alpha Zero and Leela Zero, play gambits?

Queen's Gambit doesn't count. I speak rather of gambits a human chess master would recognize as genuinely speculative offers of opening material, like Evans' Gambit, for example.

Bonus question: do the new chess AIs ever play offbeat openings like Grob's Attack 1. g4 or even the Scandinavian Defense 1. e4 d5, whether for surprise or for some other reason?

Do the new chess AIs, such as Alpha Zero and Leela Zero, play gambits?

Queen's Gambit (1. d4 d5 2. c4) as such does not count; or, rather, Queen's Gambit counts only in lines in which a master might accept and try to hold the gambited material. By gambit in this context, I mean a genuinely speculative offer of opening material like Evans' Gambit, for example, or like the gambit @Akavall gives below.

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Do the new chess AIs play gambits?

Do the new chess AIs, such as Alpha Zero and Leela Zero, play gambits?

Queen's Gambit doesn't count. I speak rather of gambits a human chess master would recognize as genuinely speculative offers of opening material, like Evans' Gambit, for example.

Bonus question: do the new chess AIs ever play offbeat openings like Grob's Attack 1. g4 or even the Scandinavian Defense 1. e4 d5, whether for surprise or for some other reason?