Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (5. Bb2 Nc6)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6
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 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 27 times by this move order. White won 48%, 11% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nbd2 (48% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.01 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O)
- ECO
- D05
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 3 | |
| 1500-1999 | 17 | |
| 2000+ | 7 | |
| All | 27 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nbd2 Colle System (5… Nc6 6. Nbd2) | 13 (48%) | |
| 6. a3 | 10 (37%) | |
| 6. Bd3 Colle System (5… Nc6 6. Bd3) | 3 (11%) | |
| 6. c3 | 1 (4%) |
Master games
9 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 78%, draw 11%, Black 11%). The strongest:
- GM Anna Ushenina (2494) – IM Mariya Muzychuk (2529) 0-1 · SportAccord Blitz w 2014 · 2014-12-15
- IM Himal Gusain (2451) – FM Felipe Vergara Jofre (2304) 1-0 · 12th Oviedo Open 2026 · 2026-07-23
- WIM Vantika Agrawal (2286) – FM Jennifer Yu (2316) 1-0 · Women's Speed Chess Q8 · 2021-06-06
- IM Haochen Jiang (2456) – Ruhao Liu (1863) 1-0 · Asian Rapid 2026 · 2026-07-29
- Nilufar Yakubbaeva (1971) – WIM Baymuradova, S. (2156) 1-0 · ch-UZB w 2016 · 2016-03-14
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System and its sub-variations
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (3… e6 4. b3) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (5… Nc6 6. Bd3) D05 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bd3
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (5… Nc6 6. Nbd2) D05 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Nbd2
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.