JOSHUA COLAS AGE: 16HOMETOWN: White Plains, NYEDUCATION: White Plains High School It takes a real chess master to be able to win a game without even looking at the board. That type of achievement takes a talent that Joshua...
New York Awesome 16-Year-Old
New York Awesome 16-Year-Old Seeks to Become Youngest African American Chess Grandmaster in History10 JANUARY 2015By Taki S. Raton The Word Chess Organization defines a Chess Grandmaster as the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the...
Young talent aiming for the record
This Awesome 16-Year-Old Wants To Be The Youngest African American Chess GrandmasterPosted: 12/19/2014 11:01 am EST Updated: 1 hour agoNico Pitney Senior Editor, The Huffington Post There were plenty of signs that 16-year-old Joshua Colas was a chess prodigy....
Making moves to become Chess Grandmaster
Teen makes moves to become chess Grandmaster Phil Reisman6:40 p.m. EST December 17, 2014 Look at Joshua Colas. He’s a rake-thin black kid, bespectacled, neatly dressed and self-possessed. There’s nothing flashy about him. You might think he’s just a...
Larchmont Library To Host Joshua Colas
Larchmont Library To Host State Chess Champion Saturdayby Nathan Bruttell LARCHMONT, N.Y. — The Larchmont Public Library will host state chess champion Joshua Colas on Saturday, March 8. Colas is a White Plains native and sophomore at White Plains...
He came, saw, and conquered
Senior Master Josh Colas (NY) conquered the 2012 SP World Open for Boys and Girls. He won the High School section by a 6-0 score! He finished 2nd in the SP World Open Puzzle Solving Championship with the score 19/20....
Webster University Scholarships winners
Danitza Vazquez Maccarini (Puerto Rico) and Joshua Colas (NY), winners of the scholarships to Webster University (value at $52,000 each) As a Senior Master, Joshua is entitled to apply for additional chess scholarships, which raise his scholarship...
About 14 year old Senior Master Joshua Colas
About Joshua (rated about 2400) Joshua Colas was born September 5, 1998 at St. Agnes Hospital in White Plains, New York.He is the middle child of Guy and Yanick Colas who were both born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Joshua has...
Simul at SPWO 2012
Last man standing (sitting) in my simul tonight (Senior Master Joshua Colas) at the 2012 SP World Open for Boys and Girls in Chicago. He’s one tough cookie. Final score 19-0.Photos from the event: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/SPWorldOpenForBoysAndGirls2012 Chess Daily News from...
Inspiring young minds
Chess masters teach kids new tricksWednesday – 3/21/2012, 4:29am ETAndrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com WASHINGTON – Some of the youngest chess masters in America paid a visit to a local students Tuesday night. Students involved in the after school program, Chess...