Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (3… e6 4. b3)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3
The Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System is a chess opening classified as ECO D05, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 181 times by this move order. White won 46%, 6% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 4… c5 (30% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.07 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 4… Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. O-O)
- ECO
- D05
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 44 | |
| 1500-1999 | 113 | |
| 2000+ | 24 | |
| All | 181 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… c5 | 55 (30%) | |
| 4… Bd6 | 42 (23%) | |
| 4… Be7 | 23 (13%) | |
| 4… Bb4+ | 19 (10%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 14 (8%) | |
| 4… b6 | 11 (6%) | |
| 4… Nbd7 | 7 (4%) | |
| 4… c6 | 4 (2%) |
Master games
85 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 42%, draw 20%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2813) – GM Aryan Tari (2631) 1-0 · Titled Tue 25th Nov 2025 · 2025-11-25
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2813) – GM Denis Lazavik (2605) 1-0 · Titled Tue 4th Nov 2025 · 2025-11-04
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2813) – GM Andrew Tang (2548) 1-0 · 1st 3-0 Thursday Nov 13th 2025 · 2025-11-13
- GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2715) – GM Pouya Idani (2604) 1-0 · Aeroflot Open A 2019 · 2019-02-22
- GM Sebastien Maze (2627) – GM Romain Edouard (2647) 1/2-1/2 · 91st ch-FRA 2016 · 2016-08-18
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ogetta (2507) – NM ToyTiko (2500) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- Thamburuin (2194) – IamZol46 (2248) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- xoma33 (2168) – DebuggerKnight (2269) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (3. e3 e6) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (5. Bb2 Nc6) D05 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6
More Queen's Pawn Game lines (all)
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4) A40
- Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening A40
- Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense A40
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d6) A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Liedmann Gambit A43
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (2. Nc3 d5) A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov, Richter Attack A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (3… d5 4. Bf4) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (4. Bf4 Bg7) A48
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.