Believe it, if your opponent is goin' to play the Colle, it's a signal that he fears you a little. Making him abandon his comfortable pet opening will worry your opposition. It happened with me a lot, then I started to play other openings.
@FunnyAnimatorJimTV Colle System is 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3
White cannot play Bf4
So, White's plan is to play b3 and Bb2. And black can play g6 and Bg7 to control a1-h8 diagonal. Than Black can play c5, trying to catch the bishop on b2 (maybe a rook on a1 too)
White cannot play Bf4
So, White's plan is to play b3 and Bb2. And black can play g6 and Bg7 to control a1-h8 diagonal. Than Black can play c5, trying to catch the bishop on b2 (maybe a rook on a1 too)
@chess_tactic2017 #12 I'm pretty sure he will play the c3 Colle, not Zukertort Colle, in which case developing the bishop to g7 might not be very good. Plus playing g6 may give him some h4 h5 ideas.
@AdrianoNunesFX #11 He's 2000+ rated; he has probably been playing the Colle for years. Maybe I should play some gambit just to get out of the Colle area. Like Staunton Gambit takes Dutch Defense into a completely different opening wood.
@AdrianoNunesFX #11 He's 2000+ rated; he has probably been playing the Colle for years. Maybe I should play some gambit just to get out of the Colle area. Like Staunton Gambit takes Dutch Defense into a completely different opening wood.
@FunnyAnimatorJimTV If white will play h4-h5 you can start the queenside attack. If white played b3, black has a5-a4 ideas, starting the queenside attack.
@FunnyAnimatorJimTV If your opponent plays the Colle, no need to be afraid. You should be relieved if anything, because black has multiple ways to equalize.
After 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3, I play d5. If he goes into a QG, fine, white is slightly better but no more. If he does play the QG I like the Vienna variation as black.
If he plays the Colle as you expect with 3. e3, no worries. You could play c5 and go for a reverse QGD or something. But you obviously like playing the London, so why not 3...Bf5? The best part of this move is that it blocks your opponent from playing Bd3 (if he does you can just play e6 or take, both are fine) and usually he will just play c4 or something and you're into a London system where you're just a tempo behind. I think this would suit you quite well
Another option of course is to just play normal developing moves, and you should equalize.
After 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3, I play d5. If he goes into a QG, fine, white is slightly better but no more. If he does play the QG I like the Vienna variation as black.
If he plays the Colle as you expect with 3. e3, no worries. You could play c5 and go for a reverse QGD or something. But you obviously like playing the London, so why not 3...Bf5? The best part of this move is that it blocks your opponent from playing Bd3 (if he does you can just play e6 or take, both are fine) and usually he will just play c4 or something and you're into a London system where you're just a tempo behind. I think this would suit you quite well
Another option of course is to just play normal developing moves, and you should equalize.
@Water_Flame I don't think playing 3.Bf5 works as well with black because you're down a tempo and white can play c4 transposing into the QGD where black has moved his c8 bishop out which is not good because the b7 pawn is weak, and white has an opportunity to grab the bishop early. Here's an example (transposing into the move order 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 c6) lichess.org/CaMLoO5h/black#9
It seems like the line I showed u wasn’t fine, but idk
@FunnyAnimatorJimTV If your opponent plays an early c3, you don't have to worry about c4.
@AB1GN3RD When I say "C3 Colle" or "B3 Colle" I mean where white plays c3 or b3 *after* the first 4 Colle moves d4, Nf3, e3, Bd3.
He is 2000+ rated and could very well be cunning enough to play c4 just in this case to get an advantage.
He is 2000+ rated and could very well be cunning enough to play c4 just in this case to get an advantage.
2000 rated and ur 1200?
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