Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (12 June 1883 – 7 March 1973) was a Spanish chess master.
| Manuel Golmayo Torriente | |
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 Golmayo Torriente in 1928 | |
| Full name | Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente |
| Born | 12 June 1883 Havana, Spanish Cuba |
| Died | 7 March 1973 (aged 89) Madrid, Spain |
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[11] (Antonio Rico won), tied for 8-9th at Almeria 1948,[12] and won both at Madrid 1947 and Linares 1951.[7]
In 1951, FIDE awarded Golmayo the title International Arbiter.[13]
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Ajedrez
- ^ "Welcome to the Chessmetrics site". Chessmetrics.com. 26 March 2005. Archived from the original on 14 April 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Alexander Alekhine: Sportive Biography". Alekhinechess.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: championship final standings". OlimpBase. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "2nd Chess Olympiad The Hague 1928: Amateur World Championship". OlimpBase. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski (1 January 2011). "the encyclopaedia of team chess". OlimpBase. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b Santiago Pastrana. "Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (1883-1973)". Ajedrez.pastranec.net. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934 Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938 Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1946 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mendez, Pedro; Mendez, Luis (2019). The Gijon International Chess Tournaments. McFarland. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4766-7659-3.
- ^ "Antonio Rico". Ajedrezastur.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, pp. 143–144, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
External links
edit- Manuel Golmayo Torriente player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Further reading
edit- Morán, Pablo (1974), Campeones y Campeonatos de España de Ajedrez, pp. 11–14
- Palacio, Carlos A. (1960), Ajedrez en Cuba, La Habana, p. 257
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