Rudel, Koltanowski Phoenix Attack
The Future of the c3-Colle
In his 2009 stratey guide for Colle players, The Moment of Zuke, David Rudel wrote that the main line of the c3-Colle was a dead end for White. He proposed a new idea, meeting 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nbd2 c5 4.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 with 8dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4! a line he dubbed the Koltanowski-Phoenix Attack.
Rudel promised to write a treatise on this new idea, and - two years later - he has delivered. Koltanowski Phoenix Attack: The future of the c3-Colle is a 250+ page project giving extensive coverage of all critical defenses. Even though the book is long, it is organized in such a way that a player can begin playing the Koltanowski-Phoenix almost immediately. Rudel first gives a "Simple mini-Repertoire" that can be learned in hours, and then he provides more complicated, alternate lines that can be added as the player becomes more experienced with the opening.
257 S., kart., 2011
In his 2009 stratey guide for Colle players, The Moment of Zuke, David Rudel wrote that the main line of the c3-Colle was a dead end for White. He proposed a new idea, meeting 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nbd2 c5 4.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 with 8dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4! a line he dubbed the Koltanowski-Phoenix Attack.
Rudel promised to write a treatise on this new idea, and - two years later - he has delivered. Koltanowski Phoenix Attack: The future of the c3-Colle is a 250+ page project giving extensive coverage of all critical defenses. Even though the book is long, it is organized in such a way that a player can begin playing the Koltanowski-Phoenix almost immediately. Rudel first gives a "Simple mini-Repertoire" that can be learned in hours, and then he provides more complicated, alternate lines that can be added as the player becomes more experienced with the opening.
257 S., kart., 2011