Billy Colias
Number of games in database: 34
Years covered: 1984 to 1992
Overall record: +7 -20 =7 (30.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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D43		Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (2 games)
D85		Grunfeld (2 games)
B93		Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (2 games)

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BILLY COLIAS (born Jun-03-1966, died Nov-05-1993) United States of America [what is this?]

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 34  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Moore vs B Colias   1-0 24 1984 Midwest Masters II C25 Vienna 2. E Schiller vs B Colias 0-1 16 1985 FIDE Futurity #2 B20 Sicilian 3. B Colias vs E Friedman 0-1 47 1985 Chicago B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 4. E Allen vs B Colias   0-1 27 1985 Midwest Masters B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 5. E Schiller vs B Colias   ½-½ 27 1986 Hammond C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. B Colias vs Rohde   0-1 43 1987 Ch USA ( open ) B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 7. B Colias vs G S DeFotis   ½-½ 28 1987 Illinois B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 8. B Colias vs K Burger   ½-½ 20 1987 North Carolina B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 9. B Colias vs D Gurevich   0-1 26 1988 Illinois A57 Benko Gambit 10. E W Marchand vs B Colias   0-1 35 1988 New York op D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 11. B Colias vs D Gurevich   0-1 40 1988 Fort Wayne E41 Nimzo-Indian 12. B Colias vs K Shirazi   0-1 23 1988 Los B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 13. D Gurevich vs B Colias   1-0 33 1989 Midwest D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. Igor Ivanov vs B Colias   1-0 49 1989 Cardinal A56 Benoni Defense 15. B Colias vs Browne   0-1 34 1989 It (open) E12 Queen's Indian 16. D Gurevich vs B Colias   1-0 45 1989 Midwest Masters Inv D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. B Colias vs E Schiller   1-0 52 1990 It (open) 'US Masters' B32 Sicilian 18. J Bonin vs B Colias   1-0 53 1990 It (open) D85 Grunfeld 19. D Gurevich vs B Colias   1-0 26 1990 Illinois D85 Grunfeld 20. B Colias vs D Mackenzie   ½-½ 66 1990 USA Masters A46 Queen's Pawn Game 21. Glek vs B Colias   1-0 56 1990 Philadelphia C47 Four Knights 22. B Colias vs J Bonin 1-0 30 1991 Westchester A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 23. P Moulin vs B Colias   1-0 13 1991 New York op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. B Colias vs Dzindzichashvili 1-0 32 1991 Westchester E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. B Colias vs D Gurevich   0-1 52 1991 Gurevich Birthday Ba B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 34

May-22-05    WorldChampeen: A seemingly rarer Schiller book is on the games of Billy Colias; "FM Billy Colias was a child prodigy from Munster, Indiana and was one of the brightest Midwest scholastic stars (along with Munster teammate NM Peter Bereolos) in the 80s. FM Colias was afflicted with cancer and later died while in his mid-20s" - http://www.thechessdrum.net/chesscr... Oct-21-06    whiskeyrebel: I just got a copy of the Colias book. It's a nice tribute. 100 games plus a good deal of biographical information. It's nice to see a guy who clearly devoted his life to chess honored in this way. Jun-18-09    myschkin: . . . Billy Colias (1966-1993) * A Young Master Remembered http://raychess.blogspot.com/2007/0... * The Midwest loses a Great Competitor (pdf): http://www.il-chess.org/icb_pdf/ICB... R.I.P. May-14-10    MKalafatas: I played Billy Colias once at a tournament in Indiana a year or two before his untimely death. He was rated higher and had the white pieces but the game ended in a draw. He was much younger than I, but I was struck by his cheerfulness, kindness, and complimentary demeanor. Feb-02-11    wordfunph: "When I took Billy Colias, a young master who died prematurely in 1993, to Biel in 1985, we were not allowed to deplane at the Bern airport. The police had removed luggage to the tarmac and were surrounding it. One of the bags was ticking. It turned out to be Billy's chess clock. I explained things to the police, who were unamused but realized there was no threat." - Eric Schiller Apr-04-12    wordfunph: "I cleaned out Billy's room the week after the funeral. They gave me hundreds of his games. He saved them all. Billy also had signs all over the walls in this room that read "2500". He was going to get to 2500 this year." - Fred Gruenberg Source: Billy Colias Midwest Master by Rantala, Schiller & Watson rest in peace, master Billy Colias.. Apr-05-12    wordfunph: more.. <Because he so loved chess, sometimes his schoolwork would suffer. His mother reports that Billy only passed chemistry in high school because his chemistry teacher was also his chess coach.> wahaha lol! Apr-05-12    HeMateMe: He even has his own opening, "The Super Coliader".

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