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ALL meanings of fianchetto

fi·an·chet·to
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  • noun plural fianchetto the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal. 1
  • noun fianchetto The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal of the board. 1
  • noun fianchetto the development of a bishop on the second rank of the neighbouring knight's file or the third rank of the nearer rook's file 0
  • verb fianchetto to develop (a bishop) thus 0
  • verb transitive fianchetto to move (a bishop) from its initial position diagonally into the adjacent knight's file 0
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