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fiancettoing the bishop

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #1

    LordJones3rd

    there are many Italian and spanish words in chess: guicio piano, ruy lopez, etc.  I even heard that checkmate originates from the German word for a king.

    I have been wondering where the word fiancetto comes from - what language, and what does it mean?

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #2

    altay

    It is Italian for "little flanking."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianchetto

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