Celso Golmayo Zúpide, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Celso Golmayo Zúpide

Spanish-Cuban chess player

Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1820

Place of Birth: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1898

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.