Manuel Golmayo Torriente Explained

Manuel Golmayo Torriente
Full Name:Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente
Birth Date:1883 6, df=y
Birth Place:Havana, Spanish Cuba
Death Place:Madrid, Spain

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.

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Welcome to the Chessmetrics site . Chessmetrics.com . 2005-03-26 . 2012-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ . 2006-04-14 .
  3. Web site: Alexander Alekhine: Sportive Biography . Alekhinechess.com . 2012-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105174938/http://www.alekhinechess.com/english/alekhine/results.html . 2009-01-05 . dead .
  4. Web site: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: championship final standings . OlimpBase . 2012-01-01.
  5. Web site: 2nd Chess Olympiad The Hague 1928: Amateur World Championship . OlimpBase . 2012-01-01.
  6. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . the encyclopaedia of team chess . OlimpBase . 2011-01-01 . 2012-01-01.
  7. Web site: Santiago Pastrana . Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente (1883-1973) . Ajedrez.pastranec.net . 2012-01-01.
  8. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables5.htm GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934
  9. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938
  10. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2017.htm 1946
  11. Book: Mendez, Pedro. The Gijon International Chess Tournaments. Mendez. Luis. McFarland. 2019. 978-1-4766-7659-3. 81.
  12. Web site: Antonio Rico . Ajedrezastur.com . 2012-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208053825/http://www.ajedrezastur.com/historia/rico.htm . 2012-02-08 .