Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, in

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– 1 April 1898, in

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master. He was the first Cuban player to participate in European Tournaments. 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 (

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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 chess teacher of

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* 1820 births 1898 deaths Spanish chess players Cuban chess players 19th-century Cuban people Spanish emigrants to Cuba 19th-century chess players {{Cuba-chess-bio-stub

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