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Fianchetto

To develop a Bishop on a long diagonal (b2 or g2 for White; b7 or g7 for Black).


Italian "on the flank". The development of a bishop to b2 or g2 (b7 or g7 for Black).


To develop a bishop to the board's longest diagonal on the file of the adjacent knight (b2 or g2 for White; b7 or g7 for Black). The Italian word ("little flank") is pronounced "fyan-ketto".

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