Colle, Edgar




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1919  323  2229 (68) 6
1920  266  2261 (61) 0
1921  210  2293 (49) 12
1922  165  2321 (40) 25
1923  148  2336 (33) 39
1924  68  2417 (28) 66
1925  68  2410 (28) 53
1926  38  2449 (24) 88
1927  42  2440 (26) 65
1928  58  2430 (27) 60
1929  31  2465 (25) 88
1930  30  2470 (27) 59
1931  49  2445 (33) 44

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Colle, Edgar  
   Also known as: Edgard Colle
Born: 18 May 1897
Died: 20 Apr. 1932
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 252
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 320
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 378
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 74
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 157
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 50
Web
   Verhulst, Nikolaas.  [2nd match The Netherlands vs. Belgium, The Hague]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Colle, E. - Boruchowitz, N. 1922         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Gerbec, T. - Colle, E. 1922         (f)     3   -   1
Znosko-Borovsky, E.A. - Colle, E. 1923         (f)     6   -   0
Euwe, M. - Colle, E. 1924         (f)     5   -   3
Colle, E. - Koltanowski, G. 1925         (f)     5.5   -   1.5
Colle, E. - Tackels, A. 1927         (f)     5   -   1
Euwe, M. - Colle, E. 1928 (1)         (f)     5.5   -   0.5
Colle, E. - Olland, A.G. 1928         (f)     5   -   0
Colle, E. - Landau, S. (1) 1928         (f)     6   -   4
Euwe, M. - Colle, E. 1928 (2)         (f)     2   -   1
Colle, E. - van Hoorn, P.F. 1928         (f)     4   -   1
Steiner, H. - Colle, E. 1928         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Colle, E. - Winter, W. 1929         (f)     5   -   5

Tournament data

Brussels 1919     Brussels Tournament     3.5  /  6
Brussels 1921 (2)     1st Belgian Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8  /  12
Bad Oeynhausen 1922 (2)     22nd German Chess Federation Congress - Gastturnier     5  /  6
Antwerp 1922 (2)     2nd Belgian Chess Federation Congress - Championship     7  /  9
Margate 1923 (2)     19th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Section A     5  /  7
Ghent 1923 (1)     3rd Belgian Chess Federation Congress - Major Tournament     4  /  6
Scheveningen 1923     Netherland Chess Federation Congress - Match Tournament     8  /  10
Brussels 1923     Brussels Tournament     5  /  10
Hastings 1924 (1)     4th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     6  /  9
Merano 1924 (1)     Merano Congress - Master Tournament     6.5  /  13
Brussels 1924 (1)     Belgium - Holland Team Match    
  Colle, E. - Weenink, H.G.M.     1 - 0    
Brussels 1924 (2)     Brussels Championship     10.5  /  12
Paris 1924 (7)     Olympic Tournament - Preliminary Section 4     4  /  5
Paris 1924 (13)     Olympic Tournament - Championship Final     4.5  /  8
Brussels 1924 (3)     4th Belgian Chess Federation Congress     8  /  10
Hastings 1925 (2)     5th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Section 2     2.5  /  7
Paris 1925 (1)     Paris Tournament     1  /  8
Baden-Baden 1925     Baden-Baden Tournament     7  /  20
Brussels 1925     Fédération Belge des Échecs     8.5  /  10
The Hague 1925     Belgium - Holland Team Match    
  Colle, E. - Davidson, Jac.     1 - 0    
Hastings 1926 (1)     6th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     4  /  9
Amsterdam 1926 (2)     Amsterdam Tournament     2.5  /  3
Weston-Super-Mare 1926     Weston-Super-Mare Tournament     6.5  /  9
Scarborough 1926 (2)     Scarborough Tournament - Section 2     4  /  6
Scarborough 1926 (3)     Scarborough Tournament - Play-offs    
  Colle, E. - Alekhine, A.A.     0 - 2    
Budapest 1926 (1)     FIDE Congress - Master Tournament     8  /  15
Bardejov 1926     Bardejov Tournament     7.5  /  12
Ghent 1926     Ghent Tournament     4.5  /  10
Berlin 1926 (1)     Berlin Tournament     4  /  9
Merano 1926     Merano Tournament     9  /  13
Hastings 1927 (1)     7th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     6  /  9
Tunbridge Wells 1927 (1)     21st Kent County Chess Association Congress - Premier Tournament     4  /  7
Scarborough 1927     Scarborough Tournament     6.5  /  9
Kecskemet 1927 (2)     Kecskemet Tournament - Preliminary Section B     5  /  9
Kecskemet 1927 (4)     Kecskemet Tournament - Final Section B     1  /  7
Niendorf 1927     Niendorf Tournament     4  /  7
London, England 1927 (8)     British Empire Club Master Tournament     4.5  /  11
Hastings 1928 (1)     8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     5.5  /  9
Scarborough 1928     Scarborough Tournament     6  /  9
Dortmund 1928     6th Westphalian Chess Federation Tournament     3  /  8
Amsterdam 1928 (4)     Amsterdam Tournament     1  /  3
Hastings 1929 (1)     9th Hastings Christmans Congress - Premier Tournament     6  /  9
Ghent 1929     8th Belgian Chess Federation Championship     5  /  6
Paris 1929 (1)     Paris Tournament     7  /  11
Carlsbad 1929     Carlsbad Tournament     10  /  21
Budapest 1929 (1)     Budapest Tournament     6.5  /  13
Barcelona 1929     Barcelona Tournament     11  /  14
Antwerp and Brussels 1929     9th Belgian Championship     4  /  4
San Remo 1930     San Remo Tournament     6.5  /  15
Nice 1930 (1)     Nice Master Tournament     6.5  /  11
Scarborough 1930 (1)     23rd British Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     8.5  /  11
Liege 1930 (1)     Liege Tournament     6  /  11
Frankfurt 1930 (1)     Anderssen Chess Club Jubilee - Meisterturnier     6.5  /  11
Hastings 1931 (1)     11th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     2.5  /  9
Amsterdam 1931 (2)     Amsterdam Tournament - Group 2     2.5  /  3
Bled 1931     Bled Tournament     10.5  /  26
Rotterdam 1931 (2)     Rotterdam Tournament - Group 1     3.5  /  6

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026