Who
they were:
Celso
Golmayo y Zúpide (1820-1898)
Celso
(Celsito) Golmayo y de la Torriente
(1879-1924)
Manuel
Golmayo y de la Torriente (1883-1973)
Celso |
Celso Golmayo y
Zupide (24 April 1820, Logroño, Spain – 1 April 1898,
Havana), was a Spanish–Cuban master. A neat, calm man, he was known
for his kindness, but when he sat down to play, it was a different
story. Morphy said that Golmayo was one of the few players that he
was unable to give the odds of a Knight. One prominent Cuban master
of the day wrote of Golmayo that he was the best endgame player in
the world. Golmayo played a lot of matches against prominent players
of his day, losing most of them, but winning some nice games in the
process. His best moment also came in a match he lost...to
Blackburne. Golmayo's supporters always regretted that he never
dedicated himself more seriously to chess.
He was generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match
defeat of Felix Sicre and he participated in the famous Paris 1867
tournament where he tied for 7–8th. In matches, he won against Paul Morphy 3-2 at Havana 1864 although
it needs to be pointed out that this was a blind simultaneous where
Morphy gave odds of a Knight).
In
Paris in 1867 he lost a match to Gustav Neumann with a score of 0-3.
He
lost twice to Wilhelm Steinitz 2-9 in 1883 and 0-5 in 1888
He
twice defeated Andres Clemente Vázquez: 7-0 in 1887 and 7-4 in 1890
He
lost three matches to George Henry Mackenzie: 3-6 and 0.5 -5.5 in
1887 and 4.5-7.5 in 1888
In
1891 he lost to Blackburne 4-6
In
1893 he lost to Emanuel Lasker 0.5-2.5
Manuel |
Celso
(Celsito) Golmayo y de la Torriente (1879 in Havana – 22
January 1924 in Seville) was a Cuban–Spanish master. He was the
brother of Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente. Celsito
won the 1897 Cuban championship in Havana after a play-off
against Andrés Clemente Vázquez. In that tournament Enrique
Ostolaza came third, Juan Corzo fourth and Manuel Golmayo fifth.
Golmayo's victory was unusual because national championships were
rarely won by teenagers in the 19th century. Edit: According to readers there are no known photos of Celsito.
Manuel |
Manuel Golmayo y de la Torrienter (12 June 1883, Havana, Cuba –
7 March 1973, Madrid) was a Cuban-Spanish 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 in 1929/30 he lost
the title in a match (+1 –4 =2) to Ramón Rey Ardid.
In
1922, he lost a mini match to Alexander Alekhine (+0 –1 =1) in
Madrid. in 1924, he took 8th in first unofficial Chess Olympiad
(Championship Final) at Paris 1924 (Hermanis Matisons won). In 1928,
he took 4th in the Amateur World Championship in The Hague (Max Euwe
won).
He
played for Spain in three official Chess Olympiads: 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).
In
tournaments, he took 6th at Barcelona 1929 (Capablanca won), took 7th
at Sitges 1934 (Andor Lilienthal won), took 3rd at Madrid 1934, took
4th at Paris 1938 (Hönlinger won), tied for 9-10th at Barcelona
1946 (Najdorf won), took 6th at Gijon 1948 (Antonio Rico won), tied
for 8-9th at Almeria 1948, and won both at Madrid 1947 and Linares
1951. In 1951, FIDE awarded Golmayo the title International Arbiter.
Manuel
was also a strong bridge player and the author of Bridge Contratado,
published in Madrid, 1946. Edward Winter's Chess History site has a
really nice photo from 1928 that includes Manuel Golmayo de la
Torriente, Ion Gudju and many others.
This
game features Manual's win against Ion Gudju; I posted Gudju's famous
miniature loss to Horowitz a couple of years ago. Perhaps it's about
time to post one of his wins! Edward
Winter's Chess History site has a very nice 1928 photo of Manuel
Golmayo de la Torriente and Gadju along with many other players HERE.
Let
me make some comments about the Open Ruy Lopez used in this game. The
Open Ruy is an lively defense where Black loosens his position, but
it can give him active play. Like any opening, to play it well black
must be familiar with the ideas and tactical themes. A few years ago
one reviewer of a book on the Open Ruy Lopez commented that for
lower-rated players getting into a passive position often leaves them
doomed because they don't have the positional skills to hold the
game, so he recommended the Open Ruy as a great starter opening. Let
me add that it might also be said we lower rated players often are
doomed when we get into tactical situations because we don't have the
tactical skills to hold the game. So much for hype trying to peddle
another opening book.
La segunda imagen que indica Celsito, corresponde a Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente.
ReplyDeleteNo conozco ninguna imagen de Celso Golmayo de la Torriente.
Saludos. Joaquim Travesset
A friend of mine ( Joaquim Travesset, see above ) tells - in Spanish - second photo is also from Manuel, not Celsito. Any photo of Celsito is known so far.
ReplyDeleteA long article of Golmayo's,in Spanish, can read at
http://www.ajedrez365.com/2015/09/torneo-nacional-de-zaragoza-1919-un.html
Thanks to both readers for the correction. Trying to locate a photo of Celsito got very confusing and I was aware a couple I looked at were of his father, not him. I finally thought I had one...I guess not. Thanks again.
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