Jose Raul Capablanca

Miguel A. Sánchez, a well known chess journalist and historian in Cuba, he has written several other books about Cuban contemporary history. He lives in Bayside, New York.

Table of Contents


Foreword by Andy Soltis

Preface

1. Havana the Eldorado of Chess

2. Tadeo’s Saga

3. The Boy Prodigy

4. Champion of the Americas

5. The Prodigal Son

6. The New Conquistador

7. In Morphy’s Footsteps

8. A King in Waiting

9. The World Chess Championship, 1921

10. The Crowned King

11. Slipups at the Summit

12. More Challenges, New Triumphs

13. The World Chess Championship, 1927

14. The Eternal Challenger

15. Twilight Intermezzo

16. Smiling Again

17. The Silent Killer

18. His Last Bow

Epilogue

Capablanca’s Matches

Appendix I: Capablanca on Four Great Predecessors

(Articulos sobre sus predecesores en Crítica, 1927)

Appendix II: “The Illness and Death of José Raúl Capablanca,” by Dr. Orlando ­Hernández-­Meilán, Neurologist

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index of Images

Index of Opponents

Index of Openings (by Traditional Name)

Index of Openings (by ECO Code)

General Index