How to Pronounce Celso Golmayo Zúpide
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Apr 24, 1820 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain Died on 01 Apr 1898 (aged 77)
Spanish-Cuban chess player
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About Celso Golmayo Zúpide
- Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, in Logroño, Spain – 1 April 1898, in Havana) was a Spanish–Cuban chess master.He had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre.
- He took part in the famous Paris 1867 tournament where he tied for 7–8th (Ignatz von Kolisch won).In matches, he won against Paul Morphy 3 : 2 at Havana 1864 (blind simultan., Morphy gave odds of a knight); 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.Celso Golmayo y Zúpide was the father of Celso Golmayo y de la Torriente and Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente.
