fianchetti

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A form of fianchetto — 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.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of fianchetto
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