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We were then eager to see if Centius would play the gambit accepted or declined. - (Beasts of Gor, Chapter 4, Sentence #217)

Red then elects to accept or decline the gambit, accepting by capturing the Ubara's Tarnsman's Spearman, but surrendering the center in doing so, or declining the gambit, by defending his spearman, and thus constricting his position. The gambit is playable both ways, but not with the hope of retaining the captured spearman for a material advantage. We wished Centius to move the Ubara's Spearman to Ubara Five, so that Scormus might play the Ubara's Tarnsman's Spearman to Ubara's Tarnsman Five. We were then eager to see if Centius would play the gambit accepted or declined. "Does he not know his clock is open?" asked a man. It did seem strange that Centius did not move swiftly at this point in the game. He might need this time later, when in the middle game he was defending himself against the onslaughts and combinations of Scormus or in the end game, where the contest's outcome might well hang upon a single, subtle, delicate move on a board almost freed of pieces. - (Beasts of Gor)