Manuel Golmayo Torriente | |
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![]() Golmayo Torriente in 1928 | |
Full name | Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente |
Born | Havana, Spanish Cuba | 12 June 1883
Died | 7 March 1973 Madrid, Spain | (aged 89)
Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (12 June 1883 – 7 March 1973) was a 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 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]