Subversion as in some games, I will usually plan on how to make an attack that deals massive damage through a sequence of actions only to find out that there's usually only ''one'' thing wrong in my plan with no fix. Another subversion, I sometimes will make plans for some things, only to realize that everything I planned is pretty much already set up. I guess I'm a subconscious chess master.

In games, this troper always does that. In a memorable moment against a particularly hard boss, I attempted to pull some ridiculous roulette that involved me wasting a bunch of items, switching out regularly, and counting on my opponent not using a certain move while others on my team did some vague actions to [probably] help the plan along, until that move screwed the plan over and I was forced to use a different move while attempting to concoct another stupid plan....which immediately killed my opponent. I was a little piqued.

You should watch any game that me and my friends play. Don't even get us near Monopoly. My plan is "Buy property A, G, H, and I, trade A for B, trade B for C, buy D, trade D and C for E and F, trade E & F for money, build houses on G, H, and I." Pretty fun to watch the GambitPileup when everyone has these plans....

In a KingdomHearts RP this troper is a member of, there is a bad guy named Wu Cangde who is out to make sure that there is a war between light and dark so he can make a "haven" and make himself look good enough to lead the Haveners...right up until he would use them as sacrifices to awaken Primal Darkness, which is itself necessary for Wu's plan to revive his wife, which was step one in a scheme to become a God...which was just to keep his religious lieutenant Davil Riieker in line. His ultimate scheme? I...have not thought of one yet.

This Troper is not a very good or experienced chess player, but when she has won, it is nearly always through some sort of convoluted plan that just happens to work. She even followed the page quote for this trope a bit too literally one time and ended up having her opponent in checkmate halfway through the plan, not realizing it until he pointed it out to her.

I've caught out people trying to claim they pulled these off. Wait 'till something happens by pure luck and see if they try to take credit for it. If they do, there's a good chance they don't even have a gambit of any type or are just trying to react to you and convince you they have some great plan

This Troper readily admits to doing so, but only because his plan relies upon people believing he has a plan.