Best results: Scheveningen 1923, 3rd; Hastings 1924, 3rd; Paris 1924, 3rd; Amsterdam 1926, 1st; Weston-super-Mare 1926, 2nd; Meran 1926, 1st; Hastings 1927, 2nd; Scarborough 1930, 1st; Liege 1930, 3rd;Rotterdam 1931, 2nd.
Later in 1932, Colle was operated on for a gastric ulcer but after the surgery, he died.
He is also known for the Colle-opening: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3.
[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Colle, Edgard"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1926.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 cxd4 8.
exd4 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Nf1 Qb8
15. Ng3 Qa8 16. Ng5 g6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. d5 Nc5 20. Nf5+ Kf8 21.
Qe3 gxf5 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. Bxf5 Bxd5 24. Rxe7+ Rxe7 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 26. Qh8+ Kf7
27. Bxc8 1-0
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Belgian master and a player of enormous combinational ability. Unfortunately, ill-health was his constant handicap, as he was always on a diet. Colle won 6 times the Belgian championship.