Manuel Golmayo Torriente

Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (12 June 1883 in Havana, Cuba – 7 March 1973 in 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 Chess Olympiad in London (+2 –4 =9);
• In 1930, at second board in 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+3 –4 =3);
• In 1931, at first board in 4th Chess 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.[7]

In 1951, FIDE awarded Golmayo the title International Arbiter.[12]

References

1. (in Spanish) Ajedrez
2. "Welcome to the Chessmetrics site". Chessmetrics.com. 2005-03-26. Archived from the original on 2006-04-14. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
3. "Alexander Alekhine: Sportive Biography". Alekhinechess.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
4. "Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: championship final standings". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
5. "2nd Chess Olympiad The Hague 1928: Amateur World Championship". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
6. Wojciech Bartelski (2011-01-01). "the encyclopaedia of team chess". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
7. Santiago Pastrana. "Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (1883-1973)". Ajedrez.pastranec.net. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
8. GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934 Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
9. Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938 Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
10. 1946 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
11. "Antonio Rico". Ajedrezastur.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
12. Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, pp. 143–144, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6

External links

• Manuel Golmayo Torriente player profile and games at Chessgames.com

Further reading

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