Joshua Colas (born 5 September 1998) is an American chess player who holds the title of FIDE International Master (Elect).
He was once the youngest African American to become a US Chess Federation (USCF) National Master (NM), which he accomplished in 2010 at 12 years, 3 months, and 11 days old.
[1] Colas was born to Haitian immigrants in White Plains, New York.
He learned how to play chess from his father and entered his first national tournament at age seven.
[3][4][5] Colas attended Webster University alongside fellow African-American and New Yorker chess players James Black Jr. and Justus Williams, where he played on the chess team coached by GM Susan Polgar while on a full chess scholarship.