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The Colle-Koltanowski System

A real favorite among club players. The Colle-Koltanowski system (playing d4, Nf3, e3, Bd3 and eventually b3) is very easy to learn, yet an extremely dangerous opening. White goes for a simple set up, aiming all of his pieces towards Black’s kingside. White doesn’t need to rely on learning reams of opening theory to master this opening, therefore suiting players who do not want to spend their entire spare time reading, watching and learning thirty moves of theory. In this DVD, GM Simon Williams shows you the key themes, concentrating on plans that you can remember easily. This approach should give you a deadly weapon that is a brilliant accompanying DVD to the London System and Torre Attack.

• Video running time: 5 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Exclusive database with model games
• Including CB 15 Reader

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This is what is delivered:

  • Fritztrainer App for Windows
  • Available as download or on DVD
  • Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
  • Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
  • Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
  • Sample games as a ChessBase database.

That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:

  • Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
  • Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
  • Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
  • Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
  • Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
  • Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.

Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!

  • The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
  • Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
  • Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
  • Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
  • Replay training
  • LiveBook active
  • All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
  • Assisted Analysis
  • Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

Sample video

Contents

  • 01: Intro [10:23]
  • 02: Typical Ideas in the Colle [23:45]
  • 03: When to play the Colle and when the Torre - Colle vs Torre [07:34]
  • Instructive Games
  • 01: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Re8 9.e4 - Game 1 - Colle,E - O'Hanlon,J [13:28]
  • 02: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 - Game 2 - Georges Koltanowski - Marcel Defosse [15:31]
  • 03: 1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.c3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Ne5 Nd7 9.f4 - Game 3 - Kramnik,V - Vachier Lagrave,M [08:52]
  • 04: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.b3 - Game 4 - Carlsen,M - Giri,A [08:12]
  • Main Setup - Colle Zukertort with 5.b3
  • 01: 5...Nc6 6.0-0 cxd4 7.exd4 Bd6 8.Bb2 0-0/Ne4 - The Perfect Attack Game 5 - Geza Maroczy - Joseph Henry Blake [17:52]
  • 02: 5...Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Nbd2 cxd4 - Game 6 - Lazaro Bruzon Batista - Viswanathan Anand [11:44]
  • 03: 5...cxd4 6.exd4 Nc6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Bb2 Qc7 9.a3 - Black plays e5 Game 7 - Gergely Szabo - Naim Sahitaj [03:35]
  • 04: 5...Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.Ne5 cxd4 10.exd4 Ba3 - Capablanca's Ba3 Game 8 - Hoi,C - Danielsen,H [13:44]
  • 05: 5...Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.Ne5 cxd4 10.exd4 Qc7 - Black's best defence Game 9 - Jussupow,A - De Boer,S [06:09]
  • 06: 5...Nc6 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.c4 - White tries c4 - Game 10 - Cabrilo,G - Kovacevic,A [05:21]
  • 07: 5...Nbd7 6.0-0 Be7 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nbd2 b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Qf3/f4 - Nbd7 with Ne4 ideas Game 11 - Zsuzsa Polgar - Thi Thanh Huong Mai [08:59]
  • 08: 5...Nbd7 6.Bb2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Ne5 - Black plays for c4 Game 12 - Artur Yusupov - Peter Scheeren [09:42]
  • 09: 5...Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nbd2 b6/Qc7 - Bxh7 trick Game 13 - Video analysis [04:41]
  • 10: 5...Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.a3 - Theory of d5 and a3 Game 14 - Video analysis [16:41]
  • Sidelines
  • 03: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bf5/Bh5 - Bg4 and Bf5 Game 15 - Hebden,M - Barton,A [08:05]
  • 04: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 - Delayed Bf5 Game 16 - Shengelia,D - Sedina,E [06:13]
  • 05: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e6 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.exd4 - Against the Nimzo setups Game 17 - Cori Tello,J - Filippov,A [13:15]
  • 06: 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0-0 d5 6.b3 Bd6 7.Ne5 0-0 8.Bb2 c5/Qe7/Nbd7- Black delays c5 Game 18 - Krasenkow,M - Yu,S [03:33]
  • 07: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 and 4...dxc4/c6 - The Delayed Grunfeld Game 19 - Tikkanen,H - Hammer,J [17:47]
  • 08: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 and 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5/e3 - Other Black setups Game 20 - Kramnik,V - Giri,A [11:00]
  • 09: 1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 g6 4.d5 - Black play c5 and g6 Game 21 - Kramnik,V - Sjugirov,S [15:18]
  • Test
  • 01: Test 1 [03:20]
  • 02: Test 2 [01:48]
  • 03: Test 3 [04:38]
  • 04: Test 4 [01:39]
  • 05: Test 5 [02:59]
  • 06: Test 6 [01:17]
  • 07: Test 7 [02:39]
  • 08: Test 8 [02:42]
  • 09: Test 9 [02:08]
  • 10: Test 10 [03:21]
  • 11: Test 11 [06:11]
  • 12: Conclusion [02:09]
  • Training
  • In this section you can practice The Colle-Koltanowski with ChessBase tools.
  • Openings Trainer: The links below open up a repertoire in the Openings app. You're able to practice the repertoire Simon Williams recommends on this FritzTrainer.
  • Tactics: A further database with typical tactics positions from Colle games will sharpen your tactical instinct even more. Colle Tactics
  • Extra Games: Play through the different games to see how the opening is played in practice. Extra Games
  • Fritz: In the Fritz app you can play different Colle setups against the computer. You can set different levels and play out ideas to practice resulting middlegame positions.
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Colle Opening

The Colle System is another one of the Queen’s Pawn openings which has a lot of fans especially among amateur players, because it is both simple to learn and simple to play. It has been named in honour of the Belgian master Edgar Colle (1897–1932), who won some beautiful attacking games with it in the 1920s. At first glance it does not look very likely that White could ever trouble Black after the modest move 3.e3, which unnecessarily shuts in his own queen’s bishop. But when the game is opened up after a series of preparatory moves (c3, Nbd2, 0-0 and possibly either Re1 or Qe2) by means of the thrust e3-e4, an unwary opponent can rapidly find himself crushed as White goes on to occupy the knight outpost on e5.

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