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Colle System

Colle System noun: a Closed Game system in chess, characterized by white developing the center pawns to d4 and e3, king's knight is to f3, the king's bishop to d3, and the queen's bishop's pawn to c3.

Noun

Colle System (uncountable)

  1. A Closed Game system in chess, characterized by white developing the center pawns to d4 and e3, king's knight is to f3, the king's bishop to d3, and the queen's bishop's pawn to c3.

Origin of Colle System

Named after Belgian chess master Edgard Colle.

Questions about Colle System

What does Colle System mean?
Colle System means a Closed Game system in chess, characterized by white developing the center pawns to d4 and e3, king's knight is to f3, the king's bishop to d3, and the queen's bishop's pawn to c3.
What part of speech is Colle System?
Colle System is a noun.

Words near Colle System in the dictionary

  1. collauds
  2. Collazo
  3. Collazos
  4. Collazoses
  5. colle
  6. Colle System
  7. colleages
  8. colleague
  9. colleagued
  10. colleagues
  11. colleagueship

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