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Meaning of "fianchetto"
'Fianchetto' (noun) is a chess term that describes a move in which a bishop is developed along the long diagonal of the board
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- The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
- To play a fianchetto.
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I even added the fianchetto to my repertoire.
It often comes about after the black king castles on its kingside in a fianchetto position.
How one fianchetto is gonna make much of a difference.
This variant is also called Fianchetto chess.
G3 White prepares to fianchetto the bishop and control the long diagonal.
Sergey Karjakin successful with the double fianchetto.
Are you sure you want to fianchetto that bishop so early?
White 's queen bishop has moved to a3 in what is sometimes called an extended fianchetto.
It contests the long diagonal by preparing to fianchetto the light-squared bishop.
The double fianchetto defence involves Black developing both bishops by fianchetto to g7 and b7.
Defenses with an early … d6 coupled with a kingside fianchetto are also commonly played.
A Gruenfeld specialist would take the first opportunity to develop his king 's bishop in fianchetto.
In this line Black can also fianchetto his bishop to g7, although this is uncommon.
In recent years it has also been used against Black 's kingside fianchetto pawn structure.
If White chooses to fianchetto his king 's bishop, the game transposes into the Catalan Opening.
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Suttles is also a pioneer of modern chess strategy, particularly the King 's Fianchetto Defence.
This setup involves the fianchetto of the queenside bishop and 2 … e6.
In the diagram below, the g7 bishop is in fianchetto.
G6 enables Black to fianchetto his dark-squared bishop.
White 's queen 's bishop has moved out to a3 in what is sometimes called an extended fianchetto.
Are you sure you want to fianchetto that bishop so early? I don't know.
Fianchetto The placement of a bishop on b2 or g2 for White, b7 or g7 for black.
Humpy Koneru played a double bishop fianchetto and disrupted the centre with 13 . e4.
Black prepares to fianchetto the bishop on g7, creating pressure against White 's d4-pawn.
