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| Dec-05-02 | | kj45345: u need more info. on colle |
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| Jun-11-03 | | Ashley: I agree with the above. One hears much about the Colle System, however very little about the man who played it. |
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| Nov-12-03 | | Halfpricemidge: Colle was gereally unsuccessful in tournaments, Partly because he was compelled to play so frequently, but mainly because of chronic illness, which brought him many undeserved defeats. Edgard Colle was born on May 18th, 1897 and died on April 20, 1932. |
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| Nov-12-03 | | Diggitydawg: <died on April 20, 1932> If that's true then the last game played in 1941 must be another Colle. |
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| Jan-01-04 | | Halfpricemidge: Check out my collection of Colle's quick attacks that I started. |
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Apr-19-04
 | | Gypsy: Edgar Colle was born May 18, 1897 and died April 18, 1932 in Gand, Belgium. Between these brackets you can find a life filled by chess.
Although he never penetrated ammong of the absolutely top players---and the history of chess knows him mostly as the originator of his Colle System in Queen Pawn opening---he did achieve several outstanding results. Ammong his sterling performances are his victory in Amterdam, 1926 ahead of Tartakower and future world champion Euwe; his victory in Merano, 1926 ahead of Canal; and his victory in Scarborough, 1930 ahead of Maroczy and Rubinstein. In Hastings, 1928/29 he shared the first price. He came in second in Weston super Mare, 1926, and in Hastings 1926/27. He was third in Barcelona, 1926. Altogether six-times was Colle the champion of his homeland. He used Colle System for the first time in 1925 and, since that time, became quite feared when white. His twelve-year long chess career was terminated by his untimely death. (This is a translation of Colle biography from Czech language http://edgarcolle.webpark.cz/ pointed out by <nikolaas>.) |
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| Apr-19-04 | | Kenkaku: Either that article or this site is incorrect, as this site has a game in 1923 played by him using the Colle System. |
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| Apr-20-04 | | nikolaas: <gypsy> Again thanks very much. I really like this player.
<kankaku> What's the matter with that? Maybe you typed wrong and meaned 1941? It's indeed strange, that game (Colle vs Hein, 1941). It would be played ten years after Colle's last other game. Maybe it's rather H Colle. |
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| Jul-12-04 | | Lunacharski: i would recommend this opening to anyone..it starts passively but once you move the pawn to e4 things happen..read the ultimate colle by gary lane |
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| Jul-12-04 | | zb2cr: Is everybody sure that his first name
was "Edgar" and not "Edgard"? I seem
to recall seeing that spelling elsewhere. |
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Jul-28-04
 | | offramp: <zb2cr> I always thought it was Edgard as well. |
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| Jan-22-05 | | nikolaas: perhaps I canclear things up for you.
In dutch, Edgard is pronounced in the same way as Edgar is in french. Since the Dutch version is not too well known, most people think it should be written as in french.
His true name is 'Edgar'. |
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| Mar-19-05 | | quXa: He is most known for the Colle-opening (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Be3 c5) which he first played in 1925 (as far as I know). Should be 4. Bd3
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| Mar-19-05 | | Dudley: Colle was quite an attacking player I think. He played Alekhine's defense and the Nimzo a lot, and of course his famous Colle System. Another Belgian, George Koltanowski, also took up the Colle System in his honor. |
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| Mar-19-05 | | FLCLlove: One of my favorite players-and openings-along with Larsen but that doesn't matter huh? <Dudley>I agree, one of the more true attacking players... |
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| Aug-21-05 | | Greginctw: Is the colle some all around opening that you play against everything like the King's Indian attack? What do you do if after d4 Nf6 nf3 g6? Do you still develop the bishop to d3? Just confused because i had not heard of this system until recently. |
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Nov-06-05
 | | WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Edgar's chess games: http://www.wtharvey.com/coll.html |
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Dec-23-05
 | | oao2102: <chessgames.com> 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Be3 c5 makes no sense. Pawn and bishop cannot occupy the same square. It should be 4. Bd3 |
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| Jan-10-06 | | raydot: Here's a question I have: how do you pronounce his last name? Is it "Coal," or "Collie?" |
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| Jan-10-06 | | zarra: <raydot> My guess is "Coll" but I'm not sure about it. |
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| Jan-10-06 | | raydot: Everybody seems to have a different opinion, and I've asked a few people. Anyone speak French? |
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| Jan-10-06 | | EmperorAtahualpa: <raydot> Since Colle was Flemish you have to use the Dutch pronounciation, not the French. Colle is then pronounced as following: "Col" as in "collection". "Le" as in the French article "le". Stress the first syllable: COL-le. I hope my explanation made sense. :) |
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| Feb-01-06 | | BIDMONFA: Edgar Colle
COLLE, Edgar
http://www.bidmonfa.com/colle_edgar...
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| Jun-01-06 | | BaranDuin: http://users.skynet.be/schaakacadem... On this address you can find a Dutch Biography of Colle. (Who was a member of the sam chessclub as I am in.) |
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| Jun-01-06 | | apawnandafool: his opening puts me in mind of the london system, so i read a little about this guy. the amazing thing is that people knew his opening, and expected him to play this against them. and he would. and he'd still win! <BaranDuin> is his opening popular at your club? <emperor> so, could you also say that his name is pronounced as the first two syllables of cauliflower? |
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