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Beating the Colle with Reverse Catalan

@Stephenson We never said the Colle is the best opening ever. Of course it is not at the GM level, but some amateurs sometimes have problems when facing certain openings that grant the opponent good positions to play.

Have you posted in the wrong forum? There is no hope chess in the analysis of Reverse Catalan.
It is my opinion that the reason we don't see the Colle at the GM level today is because most GMs prefer dynamic openings that give them fighting chances at the start. The Colle is a boa constrictor opening that starts off slow and slowly squeezes you to death if your not careful. Lets not forget that in the past it was played at the GM level.
@Stephenson The Colle is one of the best openings to learn to play chess with. It is economical (of your time) to learn because you can play it as Black where it is called the Queen's Gambit Declined. The Colle is really the Queens Gambit Declined Reversed and the Queens Gambit Declined is played at the highest level.

@FunnyAnimatorJimTV You cannot play the Colle against a Black fianchetto. So, the Bishop is misplaced on d3 (belongs on e2) and White's play in that case, is on the Queenside. Often, a Black fianchetto against a Colle player will end up transposing to a King's Indian Attack vs. the French defense with colors reversed.
To anybody saying that the Colle isn't played at top level, here's literally Carlsen playing the Colle against Giri in January of last year. Took me about 2 minutes to find an example of top players playing this opening.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1859555

Not that I play (or even like) the Colle, but don't just spout things off without checking.
@third_rank What do you mean by "white /cannot/ play Colle against a fianchetto."? If you read my analysis then you will find that in this 4...Nbd7 move order, it is much better for white to put the bishop on d3 than on e2. There is no way to punish white for it and the Bd3 helps support the e3-e4 break by white.

Do you think this 4...Nbd7 setup is good or not? What improvements can be made in your view? Is the 4...Nbd7 setup wrong or is there an improvement for black in the later moves? (By the way, the purpose of the Nbd7 move is to guard the c5 pawn because white is ready to capture it with an edge)
@FunnyAnimatorJimTV I have no problem with 4...Nbd7, it's just that when I play this, I won't play Bd3, but Be2 instead. In this line you give 8 b3, but I'd strongly consider 8 b4 instead. Or I could also consider Ne5 on move 7 or 8. I'm not saying white has any advantage, but it is a playable game where the player who best understands the plans and ideas will win.

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