Manuel Golmayo Torriente


Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente was a Cuban-Spanish chess master.
Born into a 'chess family', he was Spanish Champion on numerous occasions and Sub-Champion in 1929/30 to Ramón Rey Ardid.
In 1922, he lost a mini match to Alexander Alekhine in Madrid. In 1924, he took 8th in first unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924. In 1928, he took 4th in the Amateur World Championship in The Hague.
He played for Spain in three official Chess Olympiads:
In tournaments, he took 6th at Barcelona 1929, took 7th at Sitges 1934, took 3rd at Madrid 1934, took 4th at Paris 1938, tied for 9-10th at Barcelona 1946, took 6th at Gijon 1948, tied for 8-9th at Almeria 1948,
and won both at Madrid 1947 and Linares 1951.
In 1951, FIDE awarded Golmayo the title International Arbiter.