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Chess position
Answer for the clue "Chess position ", 10 letters:
fianchetto
Word definitions for fianchetto in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In chess the fianchetto ( "little flank") 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chess English) 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 vb. (context chess English) to develop a bishop ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chess move, 1847, Italian, diminutive of fianco "flank (attack)," from Old French flanc "hip, side" (see flank (n.)).
Usage examples of fianchetto.
I choose two main set ups, the one involving a double fianchetto (g3 and Bg2) and the other the quieter development of the king's bishop at e2.
He is more prone to a conservative stance, placing his pawns at e5 and d6 and then fianchettoing the king's bishop.