Edgard Colle (18 May 1897 – 19 April 1932) was a Belgian chess master. He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first...

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...

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...

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...

Colle or Collé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Collé, French dramatist and songwriter Edgard Colle, Belgian chess master...

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...

1923, Aron Nimzowitsch and Savielly Tartakower won at London 1927, and Edgard Colle won at Scarborough 1930. In 1939 the championship was also not held as...

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...

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...

Rubinstein, Max Euwe and Efim Bogoljubov as well as a short match with Edgard Colle in 1922. He was also highly skilled at simultaneous exhibition play....