Simon Williams: The Colle–Koltanowski System

Simon Williams: The Colle–Koltanowski System

A real favorite among club players. The Colle-Koltanowski system 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 videofeedback

• Exclusive database with model games

• Including CB 15 Reader

Simon Williams became a IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008. For the last 15 years he has concentrated on teaching, playing and making instructional chess DVDs. His playing style is very aggressive, preferring attacking chess to positional grinds, hence why he is perfect for DVDs on the King’s Gambit and Mazing Moves! He is the author

of numerous chess books. My first chess book. ‘Play the Classical Dutch’ got voted, in New in Chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time.

System requirements:

Minimum: Pentium-PC 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 7, DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, Windows Media Player 11, drive and internet connection for program activation

1. 01: Intro [10:23]
2. 02: Typical Ideas in the Colle [23:45]
3. 03: When to play the Colle and when the Torre - Colle vs Torre [07:34]
4. Instructive Games
5. 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]
6. 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]
7. 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]
8. 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]
9. Main Setup - Colle Zukertort with 5.b3
10. 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]
11. 02: 5...Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Nbd2 cxd4 - Game 6 - Lazaro Bruzon Batista - Viswanathan Anand [11:44]
12. 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]
13. 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]
14. 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]
15. 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]
16. 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]
17. 08: 5...Nbd7 6.Bb2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Ne5 - Black plays for c4 Game 12 - Artur Yusupov - Peter Scheeren [09:42]
18. 09: 5...Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nbd2 b6/Qc7 - Bxh7 trick Game 13 - Video analysis [04:41]
19. 10: 5...Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.a3 - Theory of d5 and a3 Game 14 - Video analysis [16:41]
20. Sidelines
21. 03: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bf5/Bh5 - Bg4 and Bf5 Game 15 - Hebden,M - Barton,A [08:05]
22. 04: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 - Delayed Bf5 Game 16 - Shengelia,D - Sedina,E [06:13]
23. 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]
24. 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]
25. 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]
26. 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]
27. 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]
28. Test
29. 01: Test 1 [03:20]
30. 02: Test 2 [01:48]
31. 03: Test 3 [04:38]
32. 04: Test 4 [01:39]
33. 05: Test 5 [02:59]
34. 06: Test 6 [01:17]
35. 07: Test 7 [02:39]
36. 08: Test 8 [02:42]
37. 09: Test 9 [02:08]
38. 10: Test 10 [03:21]
39. 11: Test 11 [06:11]
40. 12: Conclusion [02:09]
41. Training
42. In this section you can practice The Colle-Koltanowski with ChessBase tools.
43. 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.
44. Tactics: A further database with typical tactics positions from Colle games will sharpen your tactical instinct even more. Colle Tactics
45. Extra Games: Play through the different games to see how the opening is played in practice. Extra Games
46. 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.