Manuel Golmayo Torriente

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Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (12 June 1883, Havana, Cuba – 7 March 1973, Madrid) was a Cuban-Spanish chess master.

Born into a 'chess family' (father Celso Golmayo Zúpide, elder brother Celso Golmayo Torriente), he was Spanish Champion on numerous occasions (1902, 1912, 1919, 1921, 1927, 1928) and Sub-Champion in 1929/30 (he lost the title in a match (+1 –4 =2) to Ramón Rey Ardid.[1],[2]

In 1922, he lost a mini match to Alexander Alekhine (+0 –1 =1) in Madrid.[3] In 1924, he took 8th in first unofficial Chess Olympiad (Championship Final) at Paris 1924 (Hermanis Matisons won).[4] In 1928, he took 4th in the Amateur World Championship in The Hague (Max Euwe won).[5]

He played for Spain in three official Chess Olympiads:

  • In 1927, at first board in 1st Olympiad in London (+2 –4 =9);
  • In 1930, at second board in 3rd Olympiad in Hamburg (+3 –4 =3);
  • In 1931, at first board in 4th Olympiad in Prague (+3 –5 =7).[6]

In tournaments, he took 6th at Barcelona 1929 (José Raúl Capablanca won),[7] took 7th at Sitges 1934 (Andor Lilienthal won),[8] took 3rd at Madrid 1934 (Torneo Gromer), took 4th at Paris 1938 (L'Echiquier, Baldur Hönlinger won),[9] tied for 9-10th at Barcelona 1946 (Miguel Najdorf won),[10] took 6th at Gijon 1948 (Antonio Rico won), tied for 8-9th at Almeria 1948,[11] and won both at Madrid 1947 and Linares 1951.[12]

In 1951, FIDE awarded Golmayo the title International Arbiter.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Spanish) Ajedrez
  2. ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
  3. ^ Alexander Alekhine: Sportive Biography
  4. ^ OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: championship final standings
  5. ^ OlimpBase :: 2nd Chess Olympiad The Hague 1928: Amateur World Championship
  6. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
  7. ^ Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (1883-1973)
  8. ^ GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934
  9. ^ Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938
  10. ^ 1946
  11. ^ Antonio Rico
  12. ^ Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (1883-1973)
  13. ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, pp. 143–144, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 

[edit] Further reading

  • Morán, Pablo (1974), Campeones y Campeonatos de España de Ajedrez, pp. 11–14 
  • Palacio, Carlos (1960), Ajedrez en Cuba, La Habana, p. 257 
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