Get to know Fianchetto better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning.
Fianchetto meaning
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.
Using Fianchetto
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
Context around Fianchetto
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fianchetto
- In this selection, "fianchetto" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, checkmates, opening and giving stand out and add context to how "fianchetto" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after a fianchetto giving up and against the fianchetto checkmates the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fianchetto" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fianchetto
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In their match against the Fianchetto Checkmates, the Trojans finished with a lopsided 18.5-2.5 total score. (19 words)
After a fianchetto, giving up the bishop can weaken the holes in the pawn chain; doing so in front of the castled king may thus affect its safety. (28 words)
He was an early practitioner of the hypermodern king’s fianchetto opening, and an opening originally called the Volga gambit was renamed the Benko gambit after he studied and began playing it in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (39 words)
He was an early practitioner of the hypermodern king’s fianchetto opening, and an opening originally called the Volga gambit was renamed the Benko gambit after he studied and began playing it in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (39 words)
After a fianchetto, giving up the bishop can weaken the holes in the pawn chain; doing so in front of the castled king may thus affect its safety. (28 words)
In their match against the Fianchetto Checkmates, the Trojans finished with a lopsided 18.5-2.5 total score. (19 words)
Example sentences (3)
In their match against the Fianchetto Checkmates, the Trojans finished with a lopsided 18.5-2.5 total score.
He was an early practitioner of the hypermodern king’s fianchetto opening, and an opening originally called the Volga gambit was renamed the Benko gambit after he studied and began playing it in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
After a fianchetto, giving up the bishop can weaken the holes in the pawn chain; doing so in front of the castled king may thus affect its safety.