This question is directed primarily at Richard but I welcome anyone else who has the answer to respond. In your most recent update you quote the game Al Modiahki vs Greet with one of the sevententh move alternatives for white listed simply as [17. --], I too use the Chessbase program sometimes to annotate games and was curious to learn how you accomplished this.

Best regards,

Tops

Thanks for the reply. A bit of a shame about the missing Colle Z., but I guess that means the Colle K. discussion will be more thorough/better  

I'm particularly looking forward to the discussion of 2. and 3. move alternatives.

Against (1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3) 3. ...Bg4, I've enjoyed 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. h4 h6/h5 8. Nxg6 and targeting g6 with my bishop and queen. I guess black could do better (4. Bxf3 perhaps) [Looking up the ebook, it gives 6....Nfd7 as one possibility]. Anyway, I'll be interested to see a discussion of this.  

Against 3. ...Bf5, quite a problem (at least for patzers like me), Gary Lane has had some interesting ideas
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane29.pdf (p. 5-7)
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane94.pdf (p. 6-8) (MNb asks the following question, btw!)

Yet another problem is the solid 3. ...g6. If I'd known black would go for g6/Bg7, I would have played a London or the 150 attack (if I'm feeling confident!). But waiting until I've committed to 3. e3 is annoying, and what to do next? A Colle-Z is possible, opposing the black-squared bishop, but I guess that is out of bounds in your book.

If only all opponents played 3...e6!
So I do need some advise here, and I'm looking forward to reading your book.

Does anyone (the author himself, perhaps?) have any info on the contents of this book, scheduled for June 2007?
http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Out-Colle/dp/1857445279/sr=8-1/qid=1169750059/ref...

Will it cover both Colle (Koltanowski) and Colle-Zuckertort?
If CZ is covered, how will it differ from Summerscale's and Lane's treatments?