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Colle System and Bishop–Knight fork
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lazyboar wrote:
Hi, I am somewhat of a beginner (apologies if this question has been asked before), and I like to play the Colle system as white. One problem however I often face is that I end up with that position:
... which is the rather standard position for Colle.
That is the Koltanowski Var of the Colle. The other is the Zuckertort ... If you plan to play the Colle you will need to learn to play both. Black, when playing 1...d5 has ways to prevent one variation but not the other.
You are not playing the position as it dictates.
In the Koltanowski, White's position tactically comes alive when he/she pushes the pawn to e4. (often before that happens dxc5 happens to divert the bishop) The piece that get behind the pawn to e4 push will be a Queen if Black's knight goes to c6... the Rook, if Black's knight goes to d7. A general rule is White castles first before playing pawn to e4
Edgar Colle himself used to play Re1 to prepare e4.
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Hi, I am somewhat of a beginner (apologies if this question has been asked before), and I like to play the Colle system as white. One problem however I often face is that I end up with that position:
... which is the rather standard position for Colle.
The headache is however to ensure that the bishop in d3 and knight in f3 don't get forked. Knight in d2 helps, but I find that I spend a lot of the following moves trying to avoid that fork, either by moving bishop or knight, or defending that e4 square.
Other issues I often face is that the black bishop takes yonks to come out, and if black has a pawn in d5, that knight in d2 just spends its time watching from afar.
Any advice or recommendation? What do people do in that position, depending on what black plays?