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Fianchetto[^1] is a pattern of development wherein a bishop is developed
to the second rank of the adjacent b- or g-file, the knight pawn having
been moved one or two squares forward.

# Footnotes

[^1]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianchetto>