Ediciones Union, La Habana, Cuba, 1978, in Spanish language, first volume, paperback, 11x17,7cm, 306 pp+ 36 pages of photos+ 36 pages with table results. 304 grams. Condition: good, without inscriptions.

In Capablanca, Legend and Reality, Miguel A Sanchez paints the portrait of Capablanca in a large-scale painting of Cuban economic and political history. He describes the evolution of chess on the island showing how the growth of the sugar economy allowed the Cubans to bring players like Morphy, Steinitz, Blackburne and Chigorin for presentations in Cuba thus creating the environment for the formation of one of the greatest players of all time, the genius Jose Raul Capablanca. He was born on November,19th of 1888 in La Habana. He was a prodigy and had an impressive career in chess described by Miguel A Sanchez in detail in this book. In 1909 Capablanca surprised the chess world by defeating Frank J Marshall one of the best players in the world at the time. Capablanca made his debut in international tournaments winning spectacularly in San Sebastian 1911.

"Capablanca: Legend and Reality" won the prize for biography in 1976 by UNEAC (Union of Authors and Artists of Cuba).