Three books by the titan of chess, José Capablanca, are gathered for the first time in one volume. One of the greatest chess prodigies of all time, he developed the most perfect chess technique ever seen on a chessboard. Capablanca was world champion and one of the most successful tournament players in the history of chess. His amazing positional judgment enabled him to produce games that were masterpieces of positional play and often culminated in combinations of astonishing brilliance. My chess career. Written a year before he became world chess champion, this book relives in Capablanca's own words 35 of his best games and those events in his life that were relevant to his chess career. The masterpiece of the Cuban genius who repeated Morphy's feats, suddenly bursting onto the European scene and annihilating the grandmasters who had dominated the international scene until then. This book gathers the magic of Capablanca's early victory in San Sebastian 1911 and his second place -only surpassed by Lasker- in St. Petersburg 1914. Chess Fundamentals. Capablanca's classic instruction manual first appeared in 1921, the year he defeated Emanuel Lasker for the world championship title. This manual is packed with timeless advice on different aspects of practical play and illustrated with games by Capablanca himself. An introduction to chess. Capablanca's Introduction to Chess is an ideal first chess book for players of all ages. Systematically, Capablanca lucidly explains the rules and basic principles of this fascinating game, and illustrates them with a wide range of practical examples. After becoming world champion in 1921, Capablanca was for a time considered practically invincible. Although he surprisingly lost his title to Alexander Alekhine in 1927, Capablanca remained an outstanding player until his death in New York in 1942.