The DEVELOPMENT of a bishop on the LONG DIAGONAL (b2 or g2 for White, b7 or g7 for Black) after moving the b-pawn or g-pawn.
An Italian word meaning "on the flank." Though you will hear many different pronunciations, the correct is fyan-ket-to. When a Bishop is developed on QN2 or KN2 (b2 or g2 for White and b7 or g7 for Black), it is called a fianchettoed Bishop. This term applies only to Bishops.
( diagram) Pronounced "fee-an-KETT-toe".When you develop your bishops to b2, g2, b7, or g7. A necessary part of building a "house".
A term used for a chess position that evolves by developing a bishop onto a long diagonal; specifically on the b2 and/or g2 squares. The position is considered very strong because the bishop exerts maximum pressure on its longest diagonal. A word derived from the Italian word fianco meaning flank. Category: Glossary 2 visitor(s) thought this was helpful. Do you
A term meaning to develop a Bishop on either flank - for White at b2 or g2, for Black at b7 or g7.
Italian "on the flank". The development of a bishop to b2 or g2 (b7 or g7 for Black).
An Italian term, now in general use, to describe the positioning of a bishop in the penultimate square of the long diagonal (ie White's b2, g2, Black's b7, g7).
To develop a Bishop on a long diagonal (b2 or g2 for White; b7 or g7 for Black).
an Italian method of developing bishops; popularized by Russians.
An Italian term that means "on the flank" and applies only to Bishops. A Fianchetto involves placing a white Bishop on g2 or b2 or a black Bishop on g7 or b7. This maneuver places the Bishop to a position from which it controls the longest diagonal.
The development of the bishop to the second square on the file of the adjacent knight (that is, b2 or g2 for white, b7 or g7 for black).
to develop a bishop to the long diagonal by e.g. b3 and Bb2.
In chess the fianchetto (/ˌfiən'kɛto/ Italian "little flanking") is a pattern of development wherein a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file, the knight pawn having been moved one or two squares forward.
