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| Jan-03-10 | | PierreTheLion: I adopted it specifically to get closed game experience. In my early stages, I might as well have had 1.e4 tattooed on my forehead. A book I saw advertised on this site linked to a cute youtube video where a girl tries to sell a lion sock puppet on the tactical chances afforded in the Colle. Through the looking glass we go! |
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May-18-10
 | | Phony Benoni: In response to earlier questions about Colle's death: he suffered from a gastric ulcer and died after undergoing a fourth operation for the condition. |
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| Aug-03-10 | | mrandersson: What do people use the most on here. either c3 or b3 with the bishop on b2? I like either system and i think the colle is a good opening my self. |
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Aug-03-10
 | | Eric Schiller: b3 always! My book The Rubinstein Attack is filled with exciting games. Many strong players use it, few use c3. |
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| Jan-14-12 | | einherjar: Colle is a fine opening indeed. |
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Dec-30-12
 | | FSR: Isn't his first name Edgard? |
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Dec-30-12
| | Phony Benoni: Could be. Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Personalia", generally considered accurate for this sort of information, uses <Edgar>, but Edward Winter uses <Edgard>. I don't think Winter would deviate from Gaige without good reason.. It might be an English vs. European difference. Any Colle or Belgian experts out there? |
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| Dec-30-12 | | Karpova: I don't have the book but whoever does - Winter's <A Chess Omnibus> (Russell Enterprises, 2003) and look up <348> - with more information on the forename. |
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| Dec-30-12 | | IndigoViolet: <Although virtually all chess reference books put Edgar, almost all contemporary sources had Edgard. The latter was also the spelling on his gravestone (see page 37 of <Histoire des maitres belges> by M.Wasnair and M.Jadoul). It was, moreover, the way he signed his name alongside the photograph in the booklet <Le match Colle-Koltanowski>, published in Brussels in 1926.> From C.N. 2382. |
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| Dec-30-12 | | thomastonk: There is a chess academy "Edgard Colle" in his hometome Ghent. He is probably not the only Edgard who lost here and there the final letter. Another one is the composer Varèse. BTW, who knows Varèse's relation to chess? |
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| May-18-13 | | brankat: R.I.P. master Colle. |
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| May-18-13 | | backrank: Reinfeld's book on Colle is rather good:
Game Collection: Colle's chess masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld Maybe it's still the only book on this remarkable attacking player? |
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| May-18-13 | | dark.horse: Chernev's book "Logical Chess Move by Move" has a number of Colle System games. The potential of the Colle System is well explained in it. |
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| May-18-13 | | waustad: I had a dedicated chess computer board many years ago and could draw it consistently by playing the Colle system. It probably had a Z80 as the CPU to give a notion of how long ago it was. |
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| Oct-03-13 | | Karpova: Beat Georges Koltanowski in a match in Belgium +4 -0 =3 according to p. 13 of the January 1926 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'. |
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| Nov-06-13 | | Karpova: Colle won the Brussels Championship 1924 with 10.5/12. Championship of Belgium was scheduled to begin on September 14. From page 272 of the September 1924 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Nov-08-13 | | Karpova: Belgian Championship, September 14 to 16, 1924, in Brussles, double round-robin: 1. Colle 8.0
2. Tackels 6.5
3. Varlin 5.0
4. Lancel 4.0
5. Engel 3.5
6. Censer 3.0
Colle scored +7 -1 =2 (loss to Censer, draws against Tackels). Koltanowski (no prolonged vacation from military) and Deevrese (business) should also have played but withdrew. From pages 290-291 of the October 1924 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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May-18-14
 | | offramp: He would have been 117 today. |
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| Oct-05-14 | | ljfyffe: The Colle hasn't got much of a bite to it. |
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| Oct-27-14 | | ljfyffe: Seriously though, it's not that much of a dog:
<Zukertort-Colle Variation: 1d4 d5 2Nf3 e6
3e3 Nf6 4Bd3 c5 5b3 Nc6 60-0 Bd6 7Bb2> with a
look to a king-side attack by White. |
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Feb-21-15
| | offramp: The extra D in Edgard was removed and placed in an urn along with the extra L from Vlastimil Hort. The whereabouts of the urn is a mystery. |
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| Feb-21-15 | | Deus Ex Alekhina: It's in Greece. It is a Greek urn. |
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| Feb-25-15 | | ljfyffe: <FSR> In French, the final "d" in Edward and Edgard is silent. You coud say
<Deus Rx> that Colle is ode a letter because it was urned. His last name is sounded somewhat like the Lassie-type dog. |
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| Feb-25-15 | | ljfyffe: Spelling error:<could> though the "l" is silent. |
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Mar-13-15
 | | MissScarlett: Colle boasted a perfect 0-9 record against Alekhine, but managed to hold Capablanca to only 0-4. Before he could reach his full potential, tragically, he died. |
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