Edgard Colle
Edgard Colle (born May 18, 1897 in Ghent , † April 20, 1932 Ghent) was a Belgian chess player .
Colle was a professional player and took part in over 50 chess tournaments from 1922 to 1931. He won the Belgian national championship five times : in 1922, 1924, 1925, 1928 and 1929.
At the amateur world championship in Paris in 1924, also known as the unofficial Chess Olympiad , he finished third, ahead of Max Euwe .
In a competition in Antwerp in 1925 he won against George Koltanowski , who was the second best player in Belgium at the time, clearly 4-0 in 3 draws .
His greatest successes at international tournaments were first places in Meran in 1926 (ahead of players like Dawid Przepiórka , Rudolf Spielmann and Savielly Tartakower ) and in Scarborough in 1930, where he left Géza Maróczy , Akiba Rubinstein and Mir Sultan Khan behind. His last tournament was Rotterdam in 1931, where he finished second.
Colle was very sickly all his life and therefore could not fully exploit his chess talent. However, he never blamed his health for less good results. Because of his friendly and humble demeanor, he was highly valued in the chess scene. After his death from a gastric ulcer , both Max Euwe and Hans Kmoch dedicated moving obituaries to him.
An opening system , the colle system, was named after him .
His best historical rating is 2619, which he achieved in December 1930.
literature
- Fred Reinfeld: Colle's chess masterpieces . Black Knight Press, New York 1936 (Reprinted 1984, ISBN 0-486-24757-0 ).
- Michel Wasnair and Michel Jadoul : Histoire des Maîtres Belges . Rossel, Bruxelles 1988.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Final status at olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Edgard Colles historical Elo rating on chessmetrics.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colle, Edgard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1932 |
| Place of death | Ghent |