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7 Golden Rules of the Colle System | Simple and Effective

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Access the full free annotated repertoire files on chess.com and lichess at the links below:

chesscom: https://www.chess.com/c/37ggaQLiz

lichess study: https://lichess.org/study/L4wODo1t/8g...

You can access videos on this repertoire in following two playlists:

Theory/Strategy/Ideas:
Chessimple Colle System for Club Players

And Practice:
Colle System Training

I'd start with the top playlist (I will add to this as I move forward) and look at the second playlist as bonus/additionl/optional content.

In this video:

Learn some key ideas in our free and simple colle system repertoire.

We examine a game played in the colle system and identify the 7 golden rules of the Colle system.

We include rules of thumb on topics such as:

How do we handle the anti-colle (black plays ..Bf5)
Facing ..Bg4 by black
Busting with e4
Playing e5
Attacking on the king side
Classic Greek gift sacrifice (bishop sac on h7)

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:09 Anti-Colle Setups (..Bf5 by black)
03:05 ..Bg4 by black (slav setups)
04:49 Chigorin Setups
08:33 e4 break
11:05 e5 push
11:58 King side attacking
16:50 Most important rule of all!

#collesystem #chessimprovement #chessminimalism

17 Comments

@chessimple Creator 1 month ago Pinned

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@Kwame72 1 year ago

Well done as always!

@axelf3301 11 months ago

Great delivery and tips thanks

@RobDanny-sm7rt 10 months ago

flawed game, but good video.

@douglasfee5865 9 months ago

I am learning and entertained. That should be a golden rule of chess instruction.

@jonniebravo8209 1 year ago

very helpful and pleasant. ty

@domaldblyth8938 1 year ago (edited)

Thank you as always Do you have similar rules for the Scandi and the Slav?

@PashutHerenstein 10 months ago

7:55 it’s just stam 😂

@edmundhilgen3795 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing 7 golden rules of the colle system and great example game too.

@johng6974 7 months ago

When talking about golden rule 2, why not chase the bishop that’s pinning the knight with your pawns? He’s either going to lose a bishop as you develop your queen, or you’ll advance forward taking more space.

@colle3291 8 months ago

2:29 yeah but what if they don't play that move and play pawn b6 instead

@andybickford6863 1 year ago

Brilliant. Did you learn these golden rules from a book, or just some systems patterns you;ve picked up along the way?

@MacsGambit 9 months ago (edited)

This is really great. I've been studying the Colle for a while, but you shed light on some ideas I didn't fully understand. Are you familiar with Zuke'Em or Zuka? Both are great books on the Colle Zukertort, which I prefer over the Koltanowski. I also have the book Phoenix Attack, which is geared more towards that latter opening (your preference, it seems), but I haven't dug into it yet. These are all by David Rudel.

@SilentHistoryTx 3 months ago

I didn't lose one game as white playing the Colle in my recent games.

@Anand-t5r 6 months ago

what if in rule 2 after Qb3 , Bxf3 happens and then we have to take the bishop with g2 pawn so how we would castle if that file is open please tell i am your subscriber