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    COLLE SYSTEM Koltanowski Variation 5 c3 Your or 2" White Opening, COLLE SYSTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 ¢3 GM Andrew Soltis, Your I* oF 2% White Opening (Chess Digest, Ie COLLE SYSTEM. KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5&3 Conytate998 Andro Ste AL rights reserved under Pan American and Intemational Copright ISBN: o47se4a86:3 No part this pation may te repo, startin ete system, x wanted tn a frm, eB mas laconic, aoe ‘ups, mechanical photoxping. ergo erie wit pir and cone Peston em th pubis. ors: Ken Sih an Roy DeVast Compa Typeset Roy DeValt (Cover Desig Lance Klenk. Pubsber Chess Digest lnc. 1317 W. Oakdale Ra, Grand Pra, Tena 15050 (€.0.Bo $3685, Grand Pra, TX15083) Send the pulser $1.00 for the Now Cher Gade that ctalos every cas ook {for general sale i he Unted Ste. You re ven publhrn page Cmts 20 tio and cri eviews: Alo included free Cees Ipovement cours fb hiner auth Maser level planes ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION (CHAPTER ONE: How White Wins ‘THE SQUARE h7 ‘THE Bxheh SACRIFICE BEING FLEXIBLE SSTONEWALLING CHAPTER TWO: How White Loses WHITE LOSES WHEN HE DILLY-DALLIES WHITE LOSES WHEN HE LACKS A CLEAR-CUT PLAN, WHITE MAY ALSO LOSE WHEN HE (CHOOSES A PLAN - 'BUT IT'S THE WRONG PLAN WHITE CAN LOSE WHEN HE SURRENDERS ‘CONTROL OF THE KINGSIDE. ALTERNATIVE PLAN WHITE MAY LOSE WHEN HE INSISTS ON LAYING THE COLE AGAINST AN 'ANTLCOLLE SYSTEM (CHAPTER THREE: Pawn Planning inthe Midalegame NO ISOLANI AS BLACK DOES NOT PLAY "AN EARLY a ‘THE ISOLANI AVOIDING ISOLAN! BLACK’S OPTIONS: ..047 AND exd4!? (OTHER STRUCTURES " 4 7 a 2 32 7 37 49 sr 4 COLE sysTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 3 (CHAPTER FOUR. The Colle Endgame ‘QUEENSIDE MAJORITY KINGSIDE MAJORITY FOR BLACK ‘A DOMINATING SQUARE (CHAPTER FIVE: Early Main Lines. 144 45 2.63 NS and 2..Bf5 in notes) '3Bd3 06 (and 3...Bp4 in notes) 4Nt3055¢3 (2)5..Ne6 (@) 5..Nba? n 8 a8 COLLE SYSTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 ¢3 Dedicated to GM George Keltanowsk Dean of American chess \who showed us how to play the Colle Systom with 5 c3 INTRODUCTION (1.04.48 263 te 3 Bd9 66-4119 65) 5e3 ate aa ama aa wa wy mane Am i Wan maawe 2 Why do people choase a cartain set of openings? Paying style Is one factor So is fashion; some openings suddenly become trendy and seem to be played by every master - unt they disappear lust as suddenly. ‘But there are some openings that remain popular, year in year aut, atthe amateur level Chief among them isthe Colle System, which competed with the Queen's Gambtin the early ays of 4 experimentation, The Colle, which gets its name from a Belgian master of the 1920s, doesnt have. the fenormous range and depth of the Queen's Gambit. There arent as many strategic plas and positional themes. But there are stil quite a lt - and that's enough for 85 per cent of serious players, Against an amateur opponent, the Colles a deadly weapon, a quick kiler. Edgar Cole, and his Of sparking victories, many of them in less than 30 moves, wit his system, ‘The basic elements are so simple 25 to be focpreal. White Dts his pawns atc, d¢ and ed. His krights go tof? and 2. His light-squared bishop seizes a key ciagonal at 3, me eR eae AS EY ENA a Gwe 7s ‘And, after he castles, White advances his e-pawn, thereby ‘opening up the game and liberating his ¢1 bshop. ‘That, in a nutshell is the Colle. But, before we consider the ‘ew key vanabons, well examine the main themes of the ‘pening: ‘Chapter One: How White Wins. Chapter Two: How White Loses ‘Chapter Three: Pawn Planning in the Endgame ‘Chapter Four: The Colle Endgame In the fith, and final, chapter, well examine the early main tines of the Cote n epi CHAPTER ONE Haw White Wins, ‘There are certain midclegame plans that work wel for White ‘and are most ikely to succeed in the Colle — and others that ont In this chapter, well consider how a White victory most ‘ote comes about ‘THE SQUARE 17 When Colle won the brant games that made a name for his ‘eponymous opening, twas the breat-ialang speed of his at tacks on a pariculr square that was noticed. The square: a, Colte-Aquilere Barcelona 1929 444 as 263 Ne 363 6 4b 36? precy a 4 mare ry a am . a ana ARAN Ap Bokws 2 A thoroughly useless move at ths point — and, possibly, st ‘any point Noa? Bde 600 Noa? Tet Black's failure to add pressure to the center (with ..05) en- ables Write to pay ths without danger of an solated &/pawn, 13 well consider in Chapter Four CHAPTER ONE ° How White Wins. Ton ne Bios = 00 ne ofthe advantages ofthe ..Nbd7 setup Black has chosen is that he can exchange off the f6-knignt(8...Vxe4) and later feinforce the kingside with. IE. He passes up that opporti- rity and his knights play a mine ole now. 9 B95 Ber 1082 Na ‘A bid to ease Black's game by exchanging pieces — but it ‘uicy backfres. ite ee saw awa am wa tell Nos Or 11. Bxg5 13 exds, Bishop moves, 13 dxa8, messing up the Black pawns, 126b4 “This etal undavsnas White's plan to pound at 7 Now 4 43 NeS 14 Qd3 i intended 2. Begs 13;Noxgs Better than 18 NexgS NIG. The txt threatens 14 Nxh7! and if 14. Keh7 15 NfGch and mates. This wil not be the lst threat toh ints game. 2. he 10 COLE SySTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, § ¢3, We can see tat 19,..M6 14 Neh plays into White's hands ae oS 15695 “The saci is sound because Black nas no ready means of etending h7. He can only block Qhs wih te clumsy 15. 08, which alow 16 Get, threstening both 17 Qxb and Qh. For example. 16..NoS 17 Ghé 15 18 aXf6 RIT 19 Nos Ref 20 Qhh7eh KIB 21 Neebch and wins, oF 18,..N 20 Nef? Ket? 21 {QnG Qxach 22 Kh 23 Qg7eh. 1 5 This closes the diagonal and hopes for 16 gxf6 Nxf6 bringing ‘the d7-kright back into the game. wears! fos Or 16..N® 17 gsf6 Qe8 18 Chal with a crushing attack (18... ad 19 Bxed a6 20 Qh6 and 19.. x16 20 Qhch KIB 21 B96 Tees NG “This was the ony piace lf to defend 7. tees Qedech (Of course, 18. .Rxf6 is insufficient because of 19 QN7Ch KI7 20 BAe v9Knt x08 CHAPTER ONE. 1" How White Wins. zorteh Raf 21Qstch Khe From a mateal point of view, Black isit doing too badly However Black resigns, “The big check on hd decides: 22..QHT 23 QeBch Qg8 24 Rh mate THE Bxh7ch SACRIFICE White's setup in the Col, party in the Kotanowski Vata. is designed to protect his ¢2-bishon for use against that most vunerabe kingside target. Wel let a George Kota owski game demonstrate this: Kottanowski-o'Hanlon ‘Dubin, 1937 144 as 203 ee abe os 5c3 Nes Nee BAS Too oo Baxcs Bx 2 ‘As well 00, thie isa common theme inthe Coll: White pre- pares to push the epawn and dive away the knight (nat serves asthe only serious defender of 7. 8... Ger 4002 Ree? ‘This move deserves a better fat. Black thinks he can protect, 17 by NE7-8. But the rook Is misplaced on @8, partculaty it the best defense on the kingsie ental 16 or 1. White has to act quickly or Back wil regain contol of the ingside train wih 6 2. abs a6 6 (s00 ciagram on next page) CHAPTER ONE. 13 How White Wins inane i. a an om et OB 2Ma) AB Swhsg| org 4. Nax05? ‘A second — and fatal — error, Black should have tried 14. RIB, which prepares to capture on #6. 15 Nxe5 Nxe5 16 Bxh7cht ‘The most vunerable point: here the sacrifice doesn't lead to a ‘mate, but to a fork — on 16...Ksh7, Write picks off a rook with AT Qhsch ‘Of course, 16...KN8 17 QNs followed by a discovered check is worse, 17 B96 kk ae aa . & wams am OR ARS WWE A By Bre “his seals Blacks fate. The king is caught around 18 and Qh5:N8 mate is threatened “ COLE sysTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 ¢3, ten Rae 18.0ns Ker w9Ng = Ba DRS hed 21 exes ‘ne AR mi apy a ore Black resians. if Black moves his queen, he is mated by ‘quoen checks on 95 4, and 17. BEING FLEXIBLE ‘Atnough White's atack can be very powerful without exraor inary efforts, Black has a vanety of means of countering the ‘attack on 97 Bu, in each case, Black's defensive measures should ofer White @ dflerent target oan allematve plan. ‘White's task, then, sto be fexie nhs tnking, Ls see how this ie done. ‘Alekhine Koehn ‘Dusseldor, 1908, 144 os 203 Ne 4543 ‘Nba? SNbg BB (600 dlagram on next page) CHAPTER ONE 6 How White Wins awe ftawaTana (Once more, Black's failure to put any pressure on the center (70.68) gves White a free hand. would be focinardy now for Black to imitate White's moves because, inevitably, White's advantage ofthe trst move will count (6.65 7 exdS excd 8 (0-00-09 Ned NoS 10 BgS By 11 Bxf6, for example), 6 deed Thos Need BBs 0 90-0 18? Porm re eakay a Baw a a ARAM WARY ik ower ‘This shuts the door on White's at-h7 asoiraions. Black ap- preciates the risks kwolved in 8M 10 Bd, followed by 11 1Bp5 and NeS-94 ‘But, by creating a backward e-pawn, Black gives his opponent ‘anew wget, at 0 16 COLE system KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 63, 40049 ry ‘And Black takes away that target before White can take steps (11 Ret and BgS or Ng) to expo it, wile making a thveat of his own (17.04), ‘But the logic of chess suggests that Black cannot keep this up ferlong without providing yet another weakness. iaw he Sakae wa ce Mal ne i mama ABAB BAR [= Bowers 11 Bg521 ‘And White fals to exploit The new woakness was the ‘opened ciagonal loading to Blacks king. With 17 Bofch KNB 42 No, White treatens forks at o6 and 17, as well as the sham encrice of 13 NehT Keh77? 14 Qh5 mate, ‘The key variation would then 90 12.68 13 dveS Need 14 Rel, sting up a nasty fie pin_ Black woud be losing after 14,096 15 Rve5! Bre 16 NiTch Ret? 17 QdBchl for ex ample [Not much beter Is 14.16 19 Bla! gS 16 BxeS Bxes 17 Rxe5 Qee5 18 Gh mate or 17.98 18 Gd5 o8 19 Qs. Wen 08? ‘tack waks into ne same deadly pin we jst mentioned. He had to play 11..Be7, afer which 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13 Bosch Khe 14 dees Nua 15 Ret Neh 16 Qxfa leaves Black with long orm problems in completing his development before he ‘s overwhelmed. ‘CHAPTER ONE 7 How White Wins. 12dres nes. 13Ret ans? ‘A final blunder, which costs him a piece and the game. His NaN axg5 ima ie ae a a aw 2 AIAN BAIN wis 1 petch Kh 46 Gust Black resigns, “The hey point is 10..c000 17 NITeh Ref? 18 Re@ch RIB and mates. STONEWALLING White can ais profit from a general kingside advance in co- ctdnaton with Nes. frst, he secures contol of 05 with 12-4, then plants his knight on that square, and finally he crves away Black's (knight with 92.9896. That expotee 7 and Propares RIG. ‘San Mareo-Biro Correspondence, 1982 1N8 a 204 Ne 303 Po aba os 5e3 Near 6 COLE SYSTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 63, ‘Another version ofthis occurs after 6... 7 0-0 B67 8 Nes 1867 9 14.0-0 10 Cf and now 10.. NEB intending fe lock Up the center with 11..15, allows 11 g4l wit a strong attack For example, 1.96 12.Oh3 15 13 gx exf5 14 NotS Nets 15 Rf2 Ned 16 Ro2 NueS 17 NxoS Kg? 18 Kit! a6 19 82 Nxd2 20 Rag! andthe treat of 24 NxgB of 21 RegEch wins, €.9 2,546 21 Oh! a 2 Ons Ress (rani Sals, Hod 700 oo Nes er “Too slow. Black should consider 8. NxeS and 9. NAT. om Black dare not capture on now because P05 adds White's ook tothe attack. @ b toa (see diagram on next page) 9 ‘Tne advance of tis pawn is often called a "bayonet attack” because of the quick damage it an fick. 10 eb? 1108, oa ‘As usual, this isa bad move when (2) White can retreat the bishop fo 2; thereby staying on the ciagoral leading to 7, ‘and (6) Blacks show in folowing up ..c# with .-ba 12602 de Black would the to plug the deadly agonal with 12..Ne4 but here White contols ed wit tee pieces and would win pawn ‘Stil, twas better that what follows: 1398 Nee io karen a 2 a x a 14BenTent Kh 20 COLE system KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 63, s8anseh 1—_ xan a aswakine a ae) Bw as Be Soy a je ne Black resigns. There was ite ff to think about. 15..Kg8 18 {Qnt7ch KNB 17 RFS and Rhch mates, 2 CHAPTER TWO How White Loses Before going further, we should consider the opposite side of this com. how Black wins when he does, In other words, what ‘are the fundamental ears by Whit? ‘There are various means forthe collapse of White's walkin tended strategies and well consider some ofthe main cases: WHITE LOSES WHEN HE DILLY.DALLIES. It doesnt take much for White's attacking potental to be re- leased, as we saw in the ast chapter. But, ihe takes too long to caste or advance his e-pawn, his sold center may tun out to be a cumsy forress. Jorgensen Pokomy Hamburg, 1930 144 ws 203 ry 303 ss 4543 5 53 Nes Nbc? BS 70-0 oo 1730 ie ery aka ata ma & Wee Amy Oy Ragy| a awers ans? White had two ideas inthe canter — @ a4 or 8 xe followed by Seed, the texts a useless laxuy he cannot aor, 2 COLE sysTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 63, 9 des White cannot allow 9.4. But @ superior response would have bean @ dics! BxcS 10 a4. reaching postions well con- ‘erin the next chapter 9... Nees 10Nes Bees inte Re ‘Thera is one Engering benefit of White's eighth move: He can safely play 11 04 dx04 12 Nos Neod 13 Bxed — because, wn Vinie’s h-pawn acvanced, thee is no 13..BshZch 14 ‘en2 Ohh, winning a pawn, ‘Black might retain an edge ater 11 e4 Bc7 (preparing a later (Qo) 12 8805 Ned. 416? Be [Note that White's last move removed the piece he needed to ‘suppor nis e-pawrs advance, "He tums his atanton, there fore, to another way of opening the center 120¢2 1304 14x04 184¢2 16842 CHAPTER TWO 2 How White Loses Blacks pieces have excellent play, parlcully is Lishops ‘Among hs ideas now fs 17.098, tweatening 18..Bxf3 and mate on 2 a7 Nn2? Whites bishops are unfortunately placed — and 10.0 wil, win one of them, er deliver mate on 2. 18 ade ‘wie resigns. ‘That was an example of an ant-Coll, wih Write making 2 s0r0s of un-Col-ike errors. But there are other ways the fest player can lock bad WHITE LOSES WHEN HE LACKS A CLEAR-CUT PLAN. “This allows Black @ queenside inate thar faster than any- ‘ring ne can scare up on Fe Kings, ‘Osmanagie-Golombek ‘Bognor, 1964 144 6 2N be 33 eb7 Nog? 5 5Ba3 Nes Fy COLE sysTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 63, 603 ry Black cartuly avoids 0 to take some ofthe sting out of «3. {4 and also 10 deny Wiite an outpost at @5. The downside is that White enjoys a fine canter 700 897 Ret 0 904 onde to Nea4? plan 7 “There was no reason to abandon his hopes for an ideal dod pawn center, sinea 10 exd4l Nba 11 Bist a coud ba tht by i2deei 10. os Now the poston takes on the charactar of a Siciian Dafenaa in which White's pieces are severely misplaced. He tres 10 {ind a plan for the next several moves. TNs Bas wane ar 13 B95 eB un RacB (see diagram on next page) CHAPTER TWO Fo Blacks pieces are coordinated before Write can find a target. ‘The absence of an NeS-oulpost combined with Black's abity tw occupy 6, loaves chances, at best, even. 15.62 oer 18 Kht Nari Nes ab? 19Redt BS Blacks the frst to form a plan — the opening of the cle. 201Ng4 be 21Bn6 Bet 2eerbs nba aba Nes 248b1 3s ina) ef) Mana sia as a mama, & Am mwa ag SE Ey ‘COLLE SYSTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, § 63, isch ts second plan — exchanging aneter per of pT (na oF BS io open ines for his rooks and queen 2sBd2 abs 26es 67 mor a 2B.0n4 ‘Write gambles ona kngsie attack targeting 7, 2. abs ears xb Sonne KB ates White may have been thinking of 31 NXf7 when he sscriiced bis quocnside pawn — only to seo 31...Ksf7 32 Qxh7ch Ba? ‘33 Bh6 Rh 3 Nor 3206 te08 are & Wa AMAT AT w| we mA, Ag ASCE Be S3Rea6l NAS OF course, not 33.0467? 34 O16 mate Sanus Gs 35Qh3 Ne Bags as (ne dageam an east page) ey 20 | White as one ist how ofthe dice: aT gat? Neds 38 Ges “And wins" it seems, because mae on 17 or g8 appears inevi- sable oo eat But Black has eeen one mave further. 39Qec4 —Baftch 40 Kot Reet “Beas Red. a2Rn Rad ‘aRxfieh BIE 44 gs eat 45BhGch Kg ‘And since 46 Neféch ex s quite lost ARG ext AT NxtGen KET White resians. ‘Several great players have been crecited wit this bit of wis- om: "A bad plan is better than no plan” But its @ generale aon that offen fi in practice 2 COLE sySTEM KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 63 "— BUT IT'S THE WRONG PLAN In the folowing example, White rejects the basic strengths of the Colle formation and inssis cn a quaansida allack belora ether side is casted Franklin Wade British Championship, 1961 144 as 2No Ns 303 Noa? anode <8 5e3 oer 6024 ‘Tis. in connection wih his next two moves. makes a poor im pression, 28 # White is confused about where his play les Nos? Irs hard to say which of the last tree moves deserves the ‘question mark, but this was White's last chance to obtain good play wih 8 8 B07 96 oo CHAPTER TWO ~ 30 COLE SYSTEM How White Loses KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 63 lopez nest [Eanars nate Apparety Wade Tieeed TE, EXC, WAR] Hows Nos at once. xk” he 17 Baz be aca yea NS Z sen Bar an 20 Qa6 Liery a 8 Am Diam ae| fo eS en rant? The inate Is never recovered afte tis tine waster, White had to Bite the but and pay 12 Bxpt and 19 0-0, even {hough bis swomne Yeing of fs good Sop 2. ‘61 rong dracon, once again; the queen was needed for de- 1349 ne fense,ate2 Thee Ree 2. nna 15 Gobet? Nke2 we Bots Zhe x a wie ma wat maton ol nN i 2 Bay Bee ‘This was a waste of time, a ma = lam Bam) Weis ot White has Been completly ouplayed and the end comes ‘uicly and prety Bin ers, CHAPTER TWO at How white Loses 2tes Baas 25No Bag Ztgs Brel zope Raedent 2 kued a xe ee a vo a a aie mA aoe AB Ee z (0r29 a ch, wih a apeedy mate, D.. agseh so kas ‘Agsio, mate folows 20 Ke2 Qdeh 31 Ket QueSch 2». Qegten 31 Kaas Rasen ze es a we a ‘oe Wal mwey = 3 i = ite resigns. Its mate on a7 or 15, depencing on vite’ king move. 2 COLE system KOLTANOWSKI VARIATION, 5 63, WHITE CAN LOSE WHEN He SURRENDERS CONTROL OF THE KINGSIDE. AND DOESN'T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN ‘This ie a Wcky mati, bacausn somatinas, even with the benefit of good pawn structure that grants him more mane vering reom than Black, White can end up fighting an enemy amy on the kingside, winants-carpov Brussels, 1986 144 Nes 2Ne ey 303 < bas ont Sent

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