FIANCHETTO


Meaning of FIANCHETTO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfē-ən-ˈke-(ˌ)tō, -ˈche- ]

verb

Etymology: fianchetto an opening in chess, from Italian, diminutive of fianco side, flank, from Old French flanc — more at flank

Date: 1927

transitive verb

: to develop (a bishop) in a chess game to the second square on the adjacent knight's file

intransitive verb

: to fianchetto a bishop

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.