I'm having a lot of trouble facing the Colle when trying to play the Nimzo Indian. Play usually goes like this: 1. d4 nf6 2. Nf3 e6 and the result is usually me getting mated. Even when I play h6, white usually sacrifices the bishop on h6 instead of h7 and still manages to mate me. Any ideas?
Haha, a line I like against the Colle is 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6! Looking to either play e5 immediately and ruin his day or to play Nb4 and snap off that bishop. But you will have to tweak it a little if yo play ..Nf6 first. Also, if you know the attack is coming, why deliberately play ..h6? You should find some other way to hold down the fort instead of weakening it further.
See http://www.njscf.org/openings/colle_system.htm
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colle_System
Black has a variety of approaches to counter Colle's System. One of the most dynamic is to aim for a Queen's Indian style set-up. White's e4 push slashes at empty space, while Black's pieces are poised to undermine White's centre and attack the queenside. The technique is well illustrated in the game Colle-Capablanca, 1929:
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Nbd2 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 Be7 8.e4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Qe2 Ne5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.f4 Ba6 13.Qd1 Nc6 14.Rf3 g6 15.N2b3 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Bb7 17.Qe2 Bc5 18.Rh3 Qc6 19.e5 Nd5 20.Qf2 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Rac8 22.Bd1 f6 23.Qh4 Rf7 24.Bf3 Qc4 25.Be3 Nxe3 26.Bxb7 Nf5 27.Qe1 Rc7 28.Be4 Qxd4+ 29.Kh1 fxe5 30.Bxf5 exf5 31.fxe5 Re7 32.Re3 Qxb2 33.e6 dxe6 34.Rxe6 Kf7 0-1 {White resigns}
In the 12. Bxf7+ line (instead of 13. Kg6) where is the win after 13....Kg8
eg.
14. Qh5 Qf6
15. Qxh7+ Kf8