Sentence examples for Slight gamble from inspiring English sources

North relayed with an artificial bid of two spades, East overcalled three diamonds, South passed to show a minimum and North took a slight gamble when he bid three no trumps, but he was expecting a real opening from his vulnerable partner rather than a nine count.

Thankfully it paid off and I'd like to think wherever I go this summer will be a slight gamble.

He never gave Oracle an opportunity after building a slight early lead, never gambled for the rest of the race.

But its main practical consequence has been the sign posted, to this day, in every major league baseball dressing room, warning players that the slightest involvement with gambling will bring an automatic, lifelong ban from the game.

His Times obituary stated: "[Fender] was a sharp captain, quick to observe the slightest opportunity of advantage and ready to gamble on his ability to exploit it.

The PQ's loss by taking such a risky gamble was clearly QS's gain, even if the province-wide reverberations in the short term were slight.

By playing 15 Nc4, he was gambling that having the two bishops against Kramnik's two knights would make up for his slight material deficit.

Slight problem.

A slight?

"We gamble to gamble.

A gamble.