Meeting the Colle — defence for Black

How to meet the Colle and other quiet e3 systems. It covers the Colle with c3 and ...Bd6, the Colle-Zukertort with b3 and Bb2, the Colle with an early e4, the ...Bg4 and ...Bf5 bishop lines, the ...g6 set-up and the ...c6 set-up. 8 lines for Black: Colle with dxc5 and e4, 4.c4 with ...Bh5, ...Bf5 and Qd3, Colle-Zukertort with ...Qe7, 1...Nf6 move order with ...Bg4, ...g6 set-up, Colle with e4 and the exchanges, ...c6 and ...Bg4.

Popularity rank #36 of 64 · Endgame Pro defence · against 1.d4 with e3 and Bd3

White builds a solid triangle on c3, d4 and e3. Black has d5 and e6 or c6 and pushes ...c5 or ...e5 to hit the centre.

Watch out: The Colle bishop on d3 aims at h7. If your knight leaves f6 and White's queen and bishop line up, look out for a sacrifice on h7.

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