D05

Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System is a chess opening at the root of the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, classified under ECO code D05.

The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.

It is reached after 16 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 d5.

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ECO code
D05
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
16

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