The first book by the Cuban genius who repeated Morphy's feats by suddenly bursting onto the European scene and annihilating the great masters who had dominated the international scene until then. This book captures the magic of the novice Capablanca's victory in San Sebastian in 1911 and his second place, behind only the champion Lasker, in St. Petersburg in 1914. In all, 35 games are commented on by Capablanca himself, with remarkable objectivity, praising and criticizing himself when and as necessary. The text of the book has been updated with comments by Miguel Angel Sanchez, author of the classic biography "Capablanca, Legend and Reality".