Question I forgot to ask is should I play the BDG and leave the colle system dispite all the positives I mentioned with the BDG other than winning every game the same goes for the colle in whihc most cases unless I completely blunder I ususally obtain a advantage in the colle-system.
old habits die hard time to play a better opening ?
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Oct 16, 2011
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I think incorporating some gambits or more aggressive play into your repertoire will only serve to strengthen your skill and board vision to complement the positional play of the Colle. You don't have to give up the Colle entirely - you can have more than one weapon in your arsenal.
The blackmar-diemar gambit is completely different from the colle system, but if your going for something more aggressive I suggest trying out more aggressive openings such as e4
There is nothing wrong with the Colle Opening. One promising juniour in my club, went from 1800 to 2300 in about 2 years playing nothing but the Colle. The opening choice doesn't matter its what you do after the opening.
SerbianchessStar: I do play 1.e4 sometimes and I've actually haven't loss a game (not impressive at all since I never played 1.e4 against anyone over 1600) playing 1.e4 for 2 or 3months now but I just dont see myself playing it in a real tourney since my score against it is even scarier.
2200ismygoal: I agree with the whole opening choice thing and yes the colle is truly great so far in the past 5 months I drew a CM in a 1 on 1 3 game match and I won 6 tournaments in a row and placing pretty high in other tournaments doing nothing but playing my same main openings (I played the bird [1.f4] only once in tournament play.)
Mezmer: I agree 100% whihc is why I'm doing a opening training program just for this I myself only trust 3 gambits (BDG,QG,Bloomfeld Gambit)
Oct 17, 2011
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The Benko is another one to consider, as is the Evan's (which I believe scores better than the main line in the Italian) - both have a solid reputation and are fun to play.
I'd consider the evens but only in caseul or blitz games I would play the benko except the reason applies as to why i dont play 1.e4 in tournaments my score against the benko is better than when I play against any toher gambit (except Enguld COmplex which is mostly wins)
One of the drawbacks of the BDG is that Black can force the game into something the BDG player may not want, so you have to be prepared to play against the French and Caro-Kann(and even the Nimzovich). And someone who defends against 1.e4 with e5 may relish the type of open game the BDG allows. Similar nitpicks could be made about most openings though.
I'm just commenting and not trying to talk you out of the BDG. If you're having winning results with it, that seems reason enough to at least give it a good try out.
Other than my very 1st year of playing chess I've always played the Colle-System as my main go to opening but now I feel a new opening is threatening my bound with it and it's non other than the aggressive Black Diemier Gambit I've only played this myself 2 times and won both games and even thought thats not much to go on when I'm the one playing against it I have trouble trying to maintain and the games I won with it were both very exciting and even though a pawn down never felt like I was in much danger which attracts me to this opening so badly.