Manuel Golmayo Torriente

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

Golmayo was born into a chess family: his father Celso Golmayo Zúpide and his older brother Celso Golmayo Torriente were outstanding chess masters. Manuel himself was champion of Spain in 1902, 1912 and 1921, and runner-up in the 1930 championship after a match against Ramón Rey Ardid .

In 1922 he lost a short match against Alexander Alekhine in Madrid with 0.5: 1.5. In 1924 he took part in the first amateur world championship in Paris , which was won by Hermanis Matisons ; Golmayo finished eighth. At the amateur world championship in 1928 in The Hague , he was fourth ( Max Euwe won).

Golmayo represented Spain at three Chess Olympiads : 1927 in London (+2 = 9 −4) on the first board, 1930 in Hamburg (+3 = 3 −4) on the second board and 1931 in Prague (+3 = 7 −5) on the fourth Board.

He took part in numerous international tournaments : in 1929 he was sixth in Barcelona (tournament winner José Raúl Capablanca ), in 1934 in Sitges seventh (tournament winner Andor Lilienthal ), third place in Madrid 1934, fourth place in Paris 1938 (tournament winner Baldur Hönlinger ), shared 9th . – 10. Place in Barcelona 1946 (tournament winner Miguel Najdorf ), 6th place in Gijón 1948, shared 8th – 9th place. in Almería 1948 and tournaments in Madrid 1947 and Linares 1951.

In 1951, FIDE named Golmayo International Referee .

literature

  • 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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personal data
SURNAME Golmayo Torriente, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Golmayo y de la Torriente, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban-Spanish chess player
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1973
Place of death Madrid