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Fianchetto

Fianchetto

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Oct 12, 2026

JohnHOST
23:51
You must make sure they don't defeat your move by check, capture, threat.
JohnHOST
23:56
just like when you're searching for tactics so i also try to yeah use different algorithms this time yeah i'm like one big part will be loose pieces as a result of my move what am i unprotecting am i creating a loose piece that's always going to be relevant for example am i creating an alignment and that's my question to you i talk about alignments in the course as well because most tactics also stem from certain alignments if you pay attention now let's say rook and the king is aligned on the same file and then that allows a certain pin skewer or some discovery attack down the line for example you must be you must make sure before you make a move am i creating a certain alignment on the board i think that also connects to your lines of attack against the king but that doesn't necessarily have to be always the king sometimes the queen versus rook alignment for example like important pieces are aligned on the same diagonal sometimes Fianchetto bishop, for example, sniper bishops.
JohnHOST
24:45
You make a move and the bishop on the other side is aligned with your piece, for example.
JohnHOST
24:49
Then you allow, that's a blunder because of the very alignment, right? So to me, that alignment word is definitely much more, let's say, concrete and important or easier to implement than look at every single check capture threat.

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JohnHOST
87:03
Experts don't usually miss out on such bishops, partly also because of their expertise and chunks.
JohnHOST
87:08
Throughout years of experience, they saw similar patterns before.
JohnHOST
87:11
Fianchetto bishops, for example.
JohnHOST
87:13
Beginners definitely miss the Fianchetto bishops affecting the other side of the board, as you mentioned.
JesseHOST
43:06
turning back yeah
Aman HambletonGUEST
43:06
exactly so that's another branch of London and But then within the people that still recommend d4, bishop f4, usually what will happen is against the Fianchetto line specifically, King's Indian, Grunfeld, knight c3 will make an appearance.
Aman HambletonGUEST
43:22
So it's not that they play the Jobaba London, but that knight c3 is the recommendation against that.
Aman HambletonGUEST
43:27
And I think that's really where it all separates is there's so many Londons out there, but There's absolutely none that treat the entire opening as a system, which is what I'm doing.
Aiden RaynerHOST
1:59
Ideally, a move like bishop h3 by white should trigger some kind of alarm bell.
Aiden RaynerHOST
2:06
If you're familiar with Fianchettos, if you're part of the stage of your chess game where you've got some familiarity with ideas like Fianchettos and the long diagonal and where that bishop, quote unquote, should end up, like where it feels natural for that bishop to be.
Aiden RaynerHOST
2:20
If you have a sense of those things, then a move like Bishop H3 feels weird.
Aiden RaynerHOST
2:27
Something about that goes, oh, that's odd.

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