Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, in

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– 1 April 1898, in

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) was a Spanish–Cuban

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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

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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

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2 : 9 in 1883 and 0 : 5 in 1888; won twice against

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7 : 0 in 1887 and 7 : 4 in 1890; lost thrice to

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3 : 6 and 0.5 : 5.5 in 1887; and 4.5 : 7.5 in 1888; lost to

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4 : 6 in 1891; and lost to

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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. He is also known as the professor of Raul Jose Capablanca. He played several games with Jose when he was a child. Confessed he could not give a Knight advantage to the kid.

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* 1820 births 1898 deaths Spanish chess players Cuban chess players Emigrants from Spain to Spanish Cuba 19th-century chess players {{Cuba-chess-bio-stub

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