[fee-uh
n-ket-oh, -chet-oh] 
noun, plural -chet⋅ti [-ket-ee, -chet-ee] , verb Chess.| 1. | the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal. |
| 2. | to set up or develop as a fianchetto. |
| fi·an·chet·to (fē'ən-kět'ō, -chět'ō) n. pl. fi·an·chet·ti (-kět'ē, -chět'ē) The development in chess of a bishop from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight's file. tr. & intr.v. fi·an·chet·toed, fi·an·chet·to·ing, fi·an·chet·tos To develop as or set up a fianchetto. [Italian, diminutive of fianco, flank, from Old Italian, from Old French flanc; see flank.] |