The FianchettoDeveloping a bishop to the long diagonal, and what it costs.ChessPlaying g3 and Bg2 (or b3 and Bb2, or the black equivalents)to place a bishop on the long diagonal, where it can beardown across the whole board.SQUARESg2 / b2 / g7 / b7COSTone tempoRISKcolour weaknessControls the long diagonal, often for the entire game.Supports a castled king from an unusual angle.Costs a tempo compared to a normal bishop move.Creates dark-square weaknesses around the king once traded.Central to the King's Indian, Grünfeld, Catalan and English.A fianchettoed bishop is very hard to replace.LOOK FOR ITTrading a dark-squared fianchetto bishop for a knight often leaves theking permanently draughty.Think hard before trading a fianchettoed bishop. The squares itdefended cannot be covered by anything else.The Fianchettolearnposters.com
The Fianchetto — printable games wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the The Fianchetto poster

A definition and 6 facts worth remembering.

Playing g3 and Bg2 (or b3 and Bb2, or the black equivalents) to place a bishop on the long diagonal, where it can bear down across the whole board.

Think hard before trading a fianchettoed bishop. The squares it defended cannot be covered by anything else.

Questions about the The Fianchetto poster

What’s on the The Fianchetto poster?
A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Playing g3 and Bg2 (or b3 and Bb2, or the black equivalents) to place a bishop on the long diagonal, where it can bear down across the whole board. Controls the long diagonal, often for the entire game.; Supports a castled king from an unusual angle.; Costs a tempo compared to a normal bishop move.; Creates dark-square weaknesses around the king once traded.; Central to the King's Indian, Grünfeld, Catalan and English.; A fianchettoed bishop is very hard to replace.; Squares — g2 / b2 / g7 / b7; Cost — one tempo; Risk — colour weakness; Trading a dark-squared fianchetto bishop for a knight often leaves the king permanent…. Think hard before trading a fianchettoed bishop. The squares it defended cannot be covered by anything else.
Who is the The Fianchetto poster for?
The Fianchetto belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning openings can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the The Fianchetto poster?
A fianchettoed bishop is powerful and irreplaceable. Trading it leaves permanent weaknesses. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Fianchetto belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with The Fianchetto?
Avoiding Theory, The Caro-Kann and When to Castle sit alongside The Fianchetto in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Avoiding TheoryThe Caro-KannWhen to Castle
Is the The Fianchetto poster free to download and print?
Yes. The Fianchetto downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the The Fianchetto poster print at?
The Fianchetto is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Fianchetto loses nothing.Printing guide

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