Colle-Zukertort

RabbitCold

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02 Apr 07

RabbitCold

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Moves: 10467

02 Apr 07

Does anyone play this?
d4 d5
Nf3 Nf6
e3 e6
Bd3 c5
b3...with fianchetoing the bishop later on..

I sordove know the basics of it, but if you have any tips or games feel free to pitch in.

Thanks.

wormwood

If Theres Hell Below

We're All Gonna Go!

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Moves: 10228

02 Apr 07

Originally posted by RabbitCold
Does anyone play this?
d4 d5
Nf3 Nf6
e3 e6
Bd3 c5
b3...with fianchetoing the bishop later on..

I sordove know the basics of it, but if you have any tips or games feel free to pitch in.

Thanks.

was this the one colle actually never played? there was a thread some months ago I think...

cmsMaster

Joined: 02 Feb 06
Moves: 8557

02 Apr 07

Originally posted by wormwood
was this the one colle actually never played? there was a thread some months ago I think...

1.d4 2.c4

Otherwise you are bothering me.

RabbitCold

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Moves: 10467

02 Apr 07

I dont like heavy theory lines as white. So I go for off beat stuff like the colle-zukertort. 🙂

gaychessplayer

Joined: 22 Aug 06
Moves: 359

02 Apr 07

Originally posted by RabbitCold
Does anyone play this?
d4 d5
Nf3 Nf6
e3 e6
Bd3 c5
b3...with fianchetoing the bishop later on..

I sordove know the basics of it, but if you have any tips or games feel free to pitch in.

Thanks.

Soltis wrote a book on the Colle-Zukertort line. I think Colle himself only played the lines with P-c3.

mipmcpt

manchester clan

manchester

Joined: 26 Feb 06
Moves: 67810

02 Apr 07

also polgar has done a dvd on this variation!!!

I Like it a lot and play it frequently!!

Mephisto2

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02 Apr 07

Originally posted by cmsMaster
1.d4 2.c4

Otherwise you are bothering me.

Sounds quite dogmatic to me. I bet you eat the same food everyday.

ChessJester

EDMONTON ALBERTA

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Moves: 10841

02 Apr 07

its ok, might work best against a weaker opponent.

Regicidal

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Moves: 6676

02 Apr 07

1 edit

Originally posted by RabbitCold
Does anyone play this?
d4 d5
Nf3 Nf6
e3 e6
Bd3 c5
b3...with fianchetoing the bishop later on..

I sordove know the basics of it, but if you have any tips or games feel free to pitch in.

Thanks.

I suppose the opening strives to control e5, get Ne5, f4 push and a kingside attack with possible Rf3 etc. I played against it once and defanged it by contesting e5 with haste.
Game 1599456

Schumi

Dublin

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Moves: 8227

02 Apr 07

Originally posted by ChessJester
might work best against a weaker opponent.

Probably true of most openings. 😉

zebano

127.0.0.1

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Moves: 158564

02 Apr 07

1 edit

Originally posted by Schumi
Probably true of All openings. 😉

corrected...

gaychessplayer

Joined: 22 Aug 06
Moves: 359

05 Apr 07

Originally posted by gaychessplayer
Soltis wrote a book on the Colle-Zukertort line. I think Colle himself only played the lines with P-c3.

I am mistaken about Colle playing only the 5 c3 lines. He also sometimes played the Zukertort Line (5 b3).

mipmcpt

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manchester

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Moves: 67810

05 Apr 07

yes , he did,
What do people think about this openning?

gaychessplayer

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Moves: 359

05 Apr 07

Originally posted by mipmcpt
yes , he did,
What do people think about this openning?

The Colle is an excellent opening if you have a life and don't want to spend tons of time on openings. I recently purchased "Winning with the Colle" (revised ed.) by Ken Smith, et. al. It explains the basic ideas of the opening and has almost fifty complete games.

Among current strong players, GM Susan Polgar and IM Doug Root play it. Ms. Polgar recently made a DVD on the Colle System.

mipmcpt

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manchester

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Moves: 67810

05 Apr 07

I agree,i did not know about the Winning with the Colle" (revised ed.) by Ken Smith.
I like the sound of that with 50 games etc.