Starting Out: The Colle
The Colle is a solid, reliable system of development based on the popular opening move 1 d4. A major selling point is that although the system is very easy to learn and play it leads to complex, exciting middlegame positions where White often launches a violent attack against Black’s king. The former World Correspondence Champion Cecil Purdy once wrote, ‘A player who specializes in the Colle System needs to spend only about a tenth of the time studying the openings (for White) that he would...
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Starting Out: The Colle is a further addition to Everyman’s best-selling Starting Out series, which has been acclaimed for its original approach to tackling chess openings. International Master Richard Palliser examines the fundamentals of the Colle, elaborating on the crucial early moves and ideas for both sides in a way that is often neglected in other texts. This book is a perfect guide for improving players and those new to this opening.
Bibliography 4Introduction 5The Colle SystemBlack Plays...c5 and...Nc6 17The Main Line with 9...Qc7 68Black Plays...c5 and...Nbd7 125Other Black Set-ups after 3...e6 171The Anti-ColleBlack's Third Move Alternatives 187Black Delays...Nf6 226Index of Variations 246Index of Complete Games 250
