Celso Golmayo Zúpide
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Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, Logroño, Spain – 1 April 1898, Havana)[1] was a Spanish–Cuban chess master.[2]
He had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre.[3] He took part in a famous tournament in Paris in 1867, where tied for 7–8th (Ignatz von Kolisch won).[4]
In matches, he won against Paul Morphy 3 : 2 at Blindsim 1864 (but Morphy gave odds of a knight);[5] lost to Gustav Neumann 0 : 3 in Paris in 1867; lost twice to Wilhelm Steinitz 2 : 9 in 1883 and 0 : 5 in 1888; won twice against Andrés Clemente Vázquez 7 : 0 in 1887 and 7 : 4 in 1890; lost thrice to George Henry Mackenzie 3 : 6 and 0.5 : 5.5 in 1887; and 4.5 : 7.5 in 1888; lost to Joseph Henry Blackburne 4 : 6 in 1891; and lost to Emanuel Lasker 0.5 : 2.5 in 1893, all in Havana.[6]
Celso Golmayo y Zúpide was the father of Celso Golmayo y de la Torriente and Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente.
[edit] References
- ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 143, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ Celso Fidel Golmayo y Zupide - Riojanos Ilustres (Valvanera.com)
- ^ Immortal but Unknown by Edward Winter
- ^ Major Chess Matches and Tournaments of the 19th century
- ^ http://members.shaw.ca/edo2/players/p235.html Edo Historical Chess Ratings
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
[edit] Further reading
- Jacques Mate: 86, 1971
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