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Edgard Colle

1897 - 1932

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Edgard Colle (18 May 1897 – 19 April 1932) was a Belgian chess master. He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first at Amsterdam 1926, ahead of Savielly Tartakower and future world champion Max Euwe; first at Meran 1926, in a strong field ahead of Esteban Canal; and won twice outright at Scarborough in 1927, and again in 1930, ahead of Maróczy and Rubinstein. Colle's playing career was cut short by ill health. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgard Colle has received more than 84,973 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Edgard Colle is the 105th most popular chess player (up from 128th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 530th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Edgard Colle ranks 105 out of 374. Before him are Jean Dufresne, Michael Adams, Ernst Falkbeer, Peter Romanovsky, Erich Eliskases, and Jonathan Penrose. After him are Vasja Pirc, Richard Teichmann, Georg Marco, Petar Trifunović, Igor Bondarevsky, and William Lombardy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Edgard Colle ranks 192. Before him are Ardito Desio, George Murdock, Janaki Ammal, Zhou Fohai, Johannes Winkler, and Lya Mara. After him are Nikolai Gikalo, Gene Tunney, Dorothy Arzner, Géza von Bolváry, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, and Henri Frankfort. Among people deceased in 1932, Edgard Colle ranks 92. Before him are Lipót Baumhorn, María Blanchard, Frederik van Eeden, Hafez Ibrahim, Augusta, Lady Gregory, and Ellen Churchill Semple. After him are Charles Winckler, Dora Carrington, Henry M. Leland, Hart Crane, Constantin Coandă, and Carmen de Burgos.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Edgard Colle ranks 506 out of 1,019. Before him are Edward Van Dijck (1918), Jan Vertonghen (1987), George Van Biesbroeck (1880), Camille Lemonnier (1844), David Ruelle (1935), and Walthère Frère-Orban (1812). After him are François Van der Elst (1954), Koen Lenaerts (1954), Georges Ronsse (1906), Jacques d'Arthois (1613), Ferdinand Bracke (1939), and Joseph Decaisne (1807).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Belgium

Among chess players born in Belgium, Edgard Colle ranks 1. After him are George Koltanowski (1903).

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