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	Fianchetto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The fianchetto is a staple of many "hypermodern" openings, whose philosophy is to delay direct occupation of the center with the plan of undermining and destroying the opponent's central outpost.
		White's king's bishop is in a regular fianchetto, with the knight-pawn advanced one square and the bishop occupying the long diagonal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fianchetto (519 words)

	Chessville - Reviews - King’s Indian & Grünfeld : Fianchetto Lines by Lasha Janjgava (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fianchetto Lines is rich on concrete analysis presented in an objective manner without any bias towards White or Black, and the well-organized material should serve the advanced player (rated 2000+) with an interest in these opening systems well.
		Incidentally, the fianchetto Benoni lines enjoy a reputation quite similar to that of the fianchetto King’s Indian and Grünfeld: they are not considered the most dangerous system, but at the same time it can be difficult for Black to achieve an active game.
		The chapter covering the fianchetto Grünfeld with 3…c6 is one of very few places in Fianchetto Lines, where I feel the coverage could have been more complete.
	www.chessville.com /reviews/Kings_Indian&Grunfeld_Fianchetto_Lines.htm (1408 words)

	Exeter Chess Club: The Fianchetto
		This is part of the attraction of fianchetto systems: they are difficult and so grandmasters can hope for their GM opponents to go astray at some point.
		Fianchettoes turn up frequently in closed Queen's-Pawn openings, and there is a Fianchetto Variation for White in each of the Indian Defences (semi-closed openings).
		Reti and his contemporaries rejoiced in the fianchetto, arguing that you did not need to occupy the centre as White as long as you controlled it.
	www.exeterchessclub.org.uk /Strategy/fianchet.html (1117 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Database basics - part 5
		So games in which White fianchettoes at move eight and subsequently moves the Bishop to, say, f3 before Black has fianchettoed his Kingside Bishop at move twelve will not be found by the search.
		And since the moves g2-g3 and Bf1-g2 must be played to accomplish the fianchetto, we can rule out the idea of a fianchetto occurring on the game's first move.
		Returning yet again to our Bishop fianchetto, checking the "Sacrifice" box will cause the program to find all positions in which the fianchetto position is on the board while a sacrifice occurs somewhere on the chessboard.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=1922 (1542 words)

	In chess, what is meant with "fianchetto"? - Answerbag.com
		In chess the fianchetto (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.
		In Italian, fianchetto is pronounced with a hard k sound as in "cat", but many English-speaking chess players mispronounce this word with a ch sound as in "church".
		A move popularized by Russians, the Bishop is placed onto one of the long diagonals: the b2 or g2 squares for white, and the b7 or g7 squares for fl.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/16677 (429 words)

	Mark Lowery's Exciting World of Chess - The Bishop-5
		One obvious drawback is that a fianchettoed Bishop becomes restricted in its potential mobility because it is situated on a long diagonal, and can only move to two squares along the second shortest diagonal on the board.
		In doing so and foregoing developing the Bishop through the center diagonals of the board, a player may later harm his or her ability to provide defense and protection for other developed pieces such as the Knights.
		If the opposing King castles to the side where the Bishop is attacking along the long diagonal, it is positioned for a possible Bishop-Queen Battery aimed at checkmating the castled opposing King in the corner of the board.
	www.markalowery.net /Chess/Bishop/Bishop5.html (341 words)

	The Fianchetto - A Way of Slowing Down Play from Black (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Instead of mimicking white’s play, fl is going to slow the response knowing the plan is to fianchetto on fl queen’s side of the board.
		White’s next move is to move king’s bishop to center board to promote the castling and threaten fl, therefore, expect white king’s bishop to b5.
		Play the fianchetto from king and queens side: make this seldom-used play an integral part of your s l o w defensive strategy and you will eventually control the field of battle — the board.
	www.justchess.biz.cob-web.org:8888 /fianchetto2.htm (525 words)

	Fianchetto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fianchetto is a free chess tournament manager for swiss tournaments.
		It is not intended for on-line tournaments, but its aim is the management of traditional chess tournaments, those with a board and chess pieces.
		Please consider donating to the FSF to help support this project.
	directory.fsf.org /Games/Chess-related/fianchetto.html (213 words)

	Gambit Publications Limited - Beating the Fianchetto Defences
		Grivas provides a full and detailed repertoire for White against five important openings: the Grünfeld, King's Indian, Benoni, Benko and Modern.
		Grivas reveals many 'hidden' ideas and gives abundant strategic guidance on how to handle the middlegame and endgame positions that result.
		If you are looking for a rock solid yet dangerous opening repertoire versus these fianchetto defences this is the book you are looking for!" - Andy May, www.nsgchess.com
	www.gambitbooks.com /books/beatfianchetto.html (518 words)

	King'Indian3g3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The fianchetto variation, 3.g2-g3, against the KID is a solid choice for a player who prefers positional play over sharp variations, where Black throws forward his pawn mass on the Kingside.
		In this system, White takes less space in the center at first, than in the classical variation for example, but he builds a bullet proof position on the King’s side and plans to expand in the center later.
		The placement of a Queen’s pawn is a main difference between the fianchetto King’s Indian and the English.
	www.chessplayer.com /kingindian3g3.htm (747 words)

	fianchetto: chicago web design, corporate communications and graphic design
		fianchetto: chicago web design, corporate communications and graphic design
		Fianchetto means "to flank." It refers to a chess move where the bishop is placed on the longest diagonal it can attack.
		Hypermodern chess strategies focus on winning the center squares with patient but inexorable pressure from the wings.
	www.fianchetto.com (134 words)

	fianchetto: chicago web design, corporate communications and graphic design (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		fianchetto: chicago web design, corporate communications and graphic design (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)
		Fianchetto is a Chicago web development, database programming and marketing communications studio.
		Since 1996, we have helped our talented customers solve inefficiencies, leverage technology and present solutions in crisp and compelling ways.
	www.fianchetto.com.cob-web.org:8888 (137 words)

	No. 499: "Mistakes, I've Made a Few, but Then Again, Too Few To Mention …" - By Randy Cohen - Slate Magazine
		"All respectable Fianchologists recognize that Fianchettos propagate by fission, not fusion, so the answer is a Quadruple Fianchetto.
		The idea of a single Fianchetto is, of course, too preposterous to contemplate."—Matthew Renner
		But, I am sure the Double Fianchetto was immediately followed by 'Who Let the Dogs Out' being blasted over the PA system to the delight of the raucous crowd."—Omar Farooq Usmani (similarly, Stacy Kerkela and Mark Wade)
	www.slate.com /id/92757/sidebar/92758 (935 words)

	ChessPublishing.com Forum - Closed - Black Doesn't Fianchetto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After weeks of working through Lane's book, and now Palliser's book, and after weeks of trying it out on ICC, I was finally able to trot out my new weapon at the club again this week.
		Sometimes Black can play d6 too, there are some games like this in the Chesspub ebook.
		But i don't see why his setup of a6/Nc6/Nf6/d5 for Black cannot be played too even if White begins with 3.
	www.chesspublishing.com /yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1149789459 (431 words)

	Fianchetto Gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Qué es el Club Fianchetto y cómo podría ayudarle en su rendimiento como ajedrecista, en sus ratos de entretenimiento o en la formación de sus hijos.
		Para acceder a todos los enlaces brindados en esta página se debe de contar con la membresía GOLD.
		Todos nuestros socios GOLD afiliados a partir de Mayo del 2005 pueden tener acceso a nuestra revista FIANCHETTO GOLD.
	www.clubfianchetto.net /gold.htm (353 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sicilian accelerated fianchetto, Mar\'oczy bind (B36) cd Nd4 g6 c4
		Sicilian accelerated fianchetto, exchange variation (B34) cd Nd4 g6 Nc6
		Sicilian accelerated fianchetto, modern variation (B34) cd Nd4 g6 Nc3
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~amos/chess/849.html (60 words)

	Amazon.com: Two hundred modern chess traps in the Fianchetto openings: Books: J. B Howson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Amazon.com: Two hundred modern chess traps in the Fianchetto openings: Books: J. B Howson
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		Two hundred modern chess traps in the Fianchetto openings (Hardcover)
	www.amazon.com /hundred-modern-chess-Fianchetto-openings/dp/0498079198 (335 words)

	King's Indian and Grunfeld: Fianchetto Lines
		By calmly fianchettoing his king's bishop in reply to the King's Indian and Grunfeld, White seeks to draw the sting from these dynamic defenses and exert positional pressure throughout the middlegame.
		By refusing to create a massive pawn-centre, he offers Black no target for counter play.
		This is his third chess book for Gambit.
	www.thechessstore.com /product/GAMBIT53 (131 words)

	Bienvenido a ClubFianchetto.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Carlos Minero, creador del nuevo concepto del Club Fianchetto nos explica sus expectativas acerca de éste gran proyecto, en una interesante entrevista.
		Quieres formar parte de los equipos de Club Fianchetto, has clik aquí.
		La dirección de esta web no se identifica necesariamente con las opiniones y/o comentarios vertidos por los columnistas y/o lectores, que permanecen siendo exclusivamente de ellos y de su exclusiva responsabilidad.
	www.clubfianchetto.net (394 words)

	Programa de gestión de torneos suizos fianchetto (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Programa de gestión de torneos suizos fianchetto (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)
		Fianchetto es un gestor de torneos suizos de ajedrez.
		No es un sistema para gestionar torneos en red, sino que está pensado para realizar torneos tradicionales, con tablero y fichas.
	robotica.uv.es.cob-web.org:8888 /~ignacio/fianchetto (76 words)

	ECO -- The Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		B35 -- Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern variation with Bc4
		B37 -- Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 5...Bg7
		B38 -- Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3
	www.bluejack.com /chess/eco.html (616 words)

	King's Indian and Grunfeld: Fianchetto Lines
		Home > Chess > Book Reviews > Alphabetical Index According to Subject > Openings Index > King's Indian and Grunfeld: Fianchetto Lines
		This hefty volume provides truly extensive coverage of a variation that is the staple of many strong positional players with the white pieces.
		To see John Donaldson’s review of this book, click HERE.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_rb/rb_kid_grunfeld_fianchetto.html (789 words)

	Hexapedia - Fianchetto (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In chess openings, the fianchetto 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 square forward.
		The reasons are that it weakens the pawn structure, especially in case the king castles on the side of the fianchetto; it wastes a tempo in pushing the knight pawn; and it usually means giving up control of the center.
		The fianchetto is a staple of most "modern" openings, whose philosophy is to relinquish control of the center in the hope of later undermining the opponent's overextended pawn structure.
	www.hexafind.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/Fianchetto (253 words)

	How to create Chess Web site at minimal cost - Chess Chat Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A typical chess club is in need of archiving and publishing club games.
		A member who just completed from a week-long Web Page making course (that's me - fianchetto) come up with a proposal to build website so members are able to retrive games and view it on the Net.
		He also want to publish interesting chess diagrams for discussions and analysis.
	www.chesschat.org /showthread.php?t=3147 (2078 words)

	Chess Openings : Index of all chess positions
		Benko Gambit - Fianchetto "Variation I" Benko Gambit - Fianchetto "Variation II"
		Benko Gambit - Fianchetto "Variation II-A" Benko Gambit - Fianchetto "Variation II-B" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation I" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation I-A" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation I-B" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation II"
		English - Symmetrical Double Fianchetto "Variation I" English - Symmetrical Double Fianchetto "Variation II"
	www.csm.astate.edu /~wpaulsen/chess/index.htm (4800 words)

	Illinois Chess Association: The Black Queen Fianchetto Defense
		Illinois Chess Association: The Black Queen Fianchetto Defense
		Illinois Chess Association » Chess Discussion » General Chess Forum » The Black Queen Fianchetto Defense
		Other openings: games that begin with moves other than 1.e4
	www.ilchess.org /cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=21;t=000010 (81 words)

	Sitios de Ajedrez Hispano-Americanos (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		La revista del Ajedrez Venezolano, con actualidad nacional e internacional.
		La página del Club de Ajedrez Fianchetto, de Costa Rica, por el MI Sergio Minero
		Página del Club de Ajedrez la Expansión de Hortaleza, Madrid
	www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar.cob-web.org:8888 /ade/jag/links05.htm (694 words)

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