The Startup's Gambit

What it does

To quote Netflix's Queen's Gambit "Chess isn't always competitive. Chess can also be beautiful." The Oxford Companion to Chess lists numerous openings that involve all kinds of wild tactical play. Find out which one best captures your startup’s strategy.

Easily create interactive experiences that increase conversion and bring traffic.

• WU
  We used 890M chess games to make an interactive opening graph2019 · chessroots.com · ▲295

  Chess openings visualized from over 800 million Lichess games, 2 million tournament games and 1 million chess engine games.

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  Chess-Inspired RoguelikeJun 2026 · princechazz.com · ▲433

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• AG
  A game where you invest into startups from historyNov 2025 · startupgambit.com · ▲43
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  Gambit2015 · gambit.com · ▲77

  New gaming platform from the founders of chess.com

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  Screw the Competition2016 · amazon.com · ▲78

  Strategies to crush your competitors

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  Chess Opener2021 · ▲85

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  Growth · 11d ago · wallhop.io

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  Prefer▲201

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  Growth · 22d ago · tryprefer.com

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  MakerMap▲197

  A living map of makers and what they’re building

  Growth · 26d ago · makermap.lol

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  Spline▲1,191

  Design tool for 3D web experiences

  Work · 2020 · spline.design

• PP
  PSX Party – Online Multiplayer Playstation 1 Emulator Using WebRTC▲676

  Play classic 32-bit retro games online with friends! Free multiplayer emulator in your browser. No downloads required.

  Life & fun · 2020 · psxparty.kosmi.io

• A2
  After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue▲647

  It's been a long slow hog and I almost gave up a few times (more than a few) but when covid hit this year it gave me some time to really focus on my product. There were stupid user journey things that I knew needed fixed. There were some features I knew needed added. And I knew the pricing was wrong. I spent some hardcore time working on these things back in March / April and since then my MRR has continued to grow. My product is SongBox (https://songbox.rocks) - it's an alternative to things like bandcamp and soundcloud for creators who need to share audio files privately.…

  Commerce · 2020

• TW
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  Life & fun · 2020 · webdatarender.com

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  UserLeap▲590

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  Growth · 2020 · sprig.com

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  Headlime 2.0▲568

  Professional marketing copy for anyone

  AI · 2020 · headlime.com