Manuel Golmayo Torriente
Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente was a 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 1927, at first board in 1st Chess Olympiad in London ;
- In 1930, at second board in 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg ;
- In 1931, at first board in 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague.
and won both at Madrid 1947 and Linares 1951.
In 1951, FIDE awarded Golmayo the title International Arbiter.