Fianchetto

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a pattern where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file, the knight pawn having been moved typically one (regular fianchetto) or rarely two squares forward (long fianchetto). Especially when the fianchetto is part of king's defensive formation, a bonus is awarded to avoid an exchange especially versus a knight if the opponent still has an equal colored bishop, and in long term may take advantage of the holes and weak stop squares of the remaining pawn shield formation of a castled king.
 * Fianchetto**, (Italian: "little flank")

The regular fianchetto pattern considers the knight pawn on the third rank defended at least by the bishop pawn (or simpler, defended by two pawns), with the bishop on the initial knight pawn square. Programs may evaluate fianchetto pattern implicitly by bishop piece-square tables, and bishop or piece controls of holes on the third rank in conjunction with pawn shield issues.

=See also=
 * Color Weakness
 * Holes
 * King Safety

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Kingside fianchetto] by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, February 18, 2015

=External Links=
 * [|Fianchetto from Wikipedia]
 * [|fianchettoed - Wiktionary]
 * [|fianchettoed bishop (chess) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia]
 * [|Exchanging a Fianchettoed Bishop] by [|Iryna Zenyuk], June 26, 2009, [|Chess.com]
 * [|Fianchettoed pawn structure without the bishop] from [|chessgames.com]

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