Colle System

Kunsoo

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31 May 07

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08 Jun 07

Originally posted by Kunsoo
Well, it's boring if black knows how to play it. It can be pretty lively if not.

If black knows how to play you have to worry about why you played such a passive opening. The Colle has too many anti-systems against it for it be your main opening

mipmcpt

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08 Jun 07

Such as?

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08 Jun 07

Originally posted by mipmcpt
Such as?

such as the ones Colle himself always lost to

mipmcpt

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08 Jun 07

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09 Jun 07

Originally posted by mipmcpt
Such as?

You can't play the Colle without giving a slight edge to Black against the following defenses:

Dutch Defense (1...f5) White will have trouble pushing his pawn to e4.
Any defense in which Black plays 1...g6 will probably make White's KB on d3 "bite on granite."
An early ...Bg4 by Black will limit the KN's prospects. White should transpose to a Queen's Gambit with P-c4 and target Black's queenside (especially the b7 square) which is weakened by the absense of the QB.

Kunsoo

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10 Jun 07

Obviously the colle is pointless against the Dutch.

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10 Jun 07

It is best to then transpose to queens gambit !!

Kunsoo

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10 Jun 07

Somebody suggest the move g6 to "blunt" white's diagonal. Okay, but doesn't that open black to a Yugloslav anti-dragon type attack?

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11 Jun 07

Originally posted by Kunsoo
Somebody suggest the move g6 to "blunt" white's diagonal. Okay, but doesn't that open black to a Yugloslav anti-dragon type attack?

....no..just because you have a fianchetto doesn't mean you open yourself to an attack