Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (8. Nbd2 d5)
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
The Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System is a chess opening classified as ECO D05, reached after 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. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 9. Ne5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.08 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4)
- ECO
- D05
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
rn1q1rk1/pb2bppp/1p2pn2/2pp4/3P4/1P1BPN2/PBPN1PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 9- PGN
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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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9. Ne5 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 29%, draw 28%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- GM Humpy Koneru (2575) – GM Valentina Gunina (2520) 1-0 · 1st Silk Road Blitz 2016 · 2016-07-21
- IM Aditya Bagus Arfan (2402) – IM Sugar Gan-Erdene (2439) 1/2-1/2 · Indonesia GM Feb 2025 · 2025-02-20
- GM Nikolaus Stanec (2462) – Fabian Matt (2290) 1/2-1/2 · ch-Vienna State 2015 · 2015-09-16
- CM Mahtabuddin Ahmed (2083) – IM Minhazuddin, A. (2430) 0-1 · Saif Powertec Open 2016 · 2016-06-29
- WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (2216) – WIM Laysa Latifah (2287) 1-0 · Indonesia IM Feb 2025 · 2025-02-20
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- geronimokali (1982) – FrenchPlayer2010 (2058) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Yusupov-Rubinstein System 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3
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.