Celso Golmayo Zúpide

Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, Logroño, Spain – 1 April 1898, Havana) [citation|last=Gaige|first=Jeremy|author-link=Jeremy Gaige|year=1987|title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-2353-6|page=143] was a Spanish–Cuban chess master. [ [http://www.valvanera.com/riojanos/golmayo1.htm Celso Fidel Golmayo y Zupide - Riojanos Ilustres (Valvanera.com) ] ]

He had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. [ [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/corzo.html Immortal but Unknown by Edward Winter ] ] He took part in a famous tournament in Paris in 1867, where tied for 7–8th (Ignatz von Kolisch won). [ [http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/19thcent.htm Major Chess Matches and Tournaments of the 19th century ] ]

In matches, he won against Paul Morphy 3 : 2 at Blindsim 1864 (but Morphy gave odds of a knight); [http://members.shaw.ca/edo2/players/p235.html Edo Historical Chess Ratings] 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. [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]

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

* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19497 chess games of Celso Golmayo Zúpide]

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*citation | periodical=Jacques Mate | year=1971 | page=86