Life and chess biography of Edgard Colle, 110 selected annotated games, career record, ca 50 tournament crosstables, several indexes. Edgard Colle, 1897-1932, was a multiple champion of Belgium, in the 1920s he was one of the best players in the world. He won the Amsterdam 1926, Merano 1926, Scarborough 1927 and 1930 tournaments The Colle opening 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 is named after him. Author Taylor Kingston is a chess historian, he wrote the book Emanuel Lasker: A Reader. He published in New in Chess magazine, Chess Life and other magazines.