| In many d-pawn openings, a kingside fianchetto is White's way of saying he'd rather live a quiet life. |
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| Of course, in this last move order black is committed to the queenside fianchetto. |
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| He also groups all the lines where both sides pursue a kingside fianchetto. |
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| The last time the Kings Indian and Grunfeld fianchetto lines were covered it was in two separate books by GMs McNab and Mikhalchisin. |
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| There are a variety of other tries as well, including lines where black plays an early Bf5 or Bg4, or adopts a kingside fianchetto. |
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| Davies suggests instead that white should be playing for c2-c4 with a kingside fianchetto. |
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| Further, very little of the rest of the repertoire involves a kingside fianchetto for black. |
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| Timoscenko-Sax was a double fianchetto opening which Sax methodically overpowered with a kingside assault for the win in 33 moves. |
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| The queenside fianchetto is yet another formation that Black can adopt and which is very popular today. |
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| I worked on an alternate line instead of the double fianchetto that had been killed by Attila, and this time at least the opening worked! |
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| These are solid, playable lines, and their study may benefit the black player, because most of their opponents prep more for the lines with a king bishop fianchetto. |
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| Black intends to fianchetto his Bishop on g7, but he's in for a surprise. |
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| I'm sure I'm missing something but 1…Bb7 followed by a kingside fianchetto would be my continuation. |
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| Instead, he and the other Hypermoderns rediscovered the fianchetto, or development of a bishop on its longest diagonal i.e., b2 and g2 for White, b7 and g7 for Black. |
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| He helped popularize some openings that otherwise might have remained obscure, most notably the queen's fianchetto, which became known as the Larsen opening after he began playing it regularly in international competitions. |
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| Her decision to fianchetto her bishop by playing 8 b3 was also peculiar. |
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| The aim of Pogorelov's 7 b5 is to threaten a later b4 to attack the white king if Short castles on the queenside, or if Short castles kingside, a queenside fianchetto will aim for a mating target. |
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| Nc3 It does not seem to be played so often these days, but there is nothing wrong with a K's fianchetto for White. |
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| Qxd4 Recommended by theory at that time against the Accelerated fianchetto. |
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| A fianchetto defence is a good way of neutralising any K-side attacks. |
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| The game started in a Reti opening but got transposed into a Fianchetto variation of the Grunfeld. |
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