Celso Golmayo Zúpide

Celso Golmayo y Zúpide.

Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, in Logroño, Spain – 1 April 1898, in Havana)[1] was a Spanish–Cuban chess master.[2] He was the first Cuban player to participate in European Tournaments.

He had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre.[3] He took part in the famous Paris 1867 tournament where he tied for 7–8th (Ignatz von Kolisch won).[4]

In matches, he won against Paul Morphy 3 : 2 at Havana 1864 (blind simultan., Morphy gave odds of a knight);[5] lost to Gustav Neumann 0 : 3 in Paris in 1867; lost twice to Wilhelm Steinitz 2 : 9 in 1883 and 0 : 5 in 1888; won twice against Andrés Clemente Vázquez 7 : 0 in 1887 and 7 : 4 in 1890; lost thrice to George Henry Mackenzie 3 : 6 and 0.5 : 5.5 in 1887; and 4.5 : 7.5 in 1888; lost to Joseph Henry Blackburne 4 : 6 in 1891; and lost to Emanuel Lasker 0.5 : 2.5 in 1893, all in Havana.[6]

Celso Golmayo y Zúpide was the father of Celso Golmayo y de la Torriente and Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente.

He is also known as the chess teacher of José Raúl Capablanca.

References

1. Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 143, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
2. "Celso Fidel Golmayo y Zupide - Riojanos Ilustres". Valvanera.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
3. "Immortal but Unknown by Edward Winter". Chesshistory.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
4. "Major Chess Matches and Tournaments of the 19th century". .sympatico.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
5. "Edo Historical Chess Ratings". Edochess.ca. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
6. "Welcome to the Chessmetrics site". Chessmetrics.com. 2005-03-26. Archived from the original on 2006-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

Further reading

• Jacques Mate, p. 86, 1971 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Celso Golmayo Zupide player profile and games at Chessgames.com