It is designed for explosive counter-attacks. The King’s Indian lets him fianchetto the bishop (placing it on the board’s longest diagonal), allowing him to sweep the length of the board to ...

In this White plays d4, c4 like in the Queen’s Gambit, but then goes on to play g3 to fianchetto the kingside bishop. After it debuted in Catalonia, this opening was subsequently taken up at the ...

The former world champion then brought out his knights for a Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto Line. By the 15th move, the World was already three pawns up. But from that point on, Anand’s queen had ...

The Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates collected another huge victory on Saturday, March 18, to extend their winning streak to three in the 2023 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP).

(Mindanao Chess Files) MINDANAO’S Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates on Wednesday, September 22 pulled out a thrilling 11-10 victory over Mindoro to remain tie for third place in Southern division of the ...

Fianchetto: This maneuver involves moving a knight pawn — the pawn directly in front of the knight — forward one or two spaces, then sending your freshly fianchettoed bishop out into the fray ...

He didn’t succeed in his endeavour though, as it became evident soon that he got nothing out of the opening (Reti transposed to Fianchetto Grunfeld). The player with the white pieces is expected to ...