Edgard Colle (18 May 1897 – 19 April 1932) was a Belgian chess master. He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first...
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Colle System, also known as the Colle–Koltanowski System, is a chess opening system for White, popularised in the 1920s by the Belgian master Edgard Colle...
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One of the most famous examples of the sacrifice is found in the game Edgard Colle–John O'Hanlon, Nice 1930. Less commonly, a Greek gift sacrifice may be...
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Colle or Collé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Collé, French dramatist and songwriter Edgard Colle, Belgian chess master...
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tournament. Later that year he finished ahead of Fricis Apšenieks, and Edgard Colle to win the first World Amateur Championship, which was organized in conjunction...
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followed. Tartakower had more success in 1926 when he used it against Edgard Colle for a victory. One of the most notable proponents was the Soviet player...
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company name BEA Systems, is taken from his first name. Edgard Colle, Belgian chess player – Colle System Samuel Colt, American gun inventor – Colt revolver...
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game seriously at the age of 14, and became the top Belgian player when Edgard Colle died in 1932. He got his first big break in chess at age 21, when he...
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1924 (Quadrangular), took 10th at Brussels 1924 (Edgard Colle won), took 2nd at Brussels 1925 (Colle won), took 3rd at Spa 1926 (Fritz Sämisch and George...
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respectively with scores of 3/11 and 3/21, she notably won games against Edgard Colle in Paris and both Albert Becker and Friedrich Sämisch in Carlsbad. Sämisch...
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