Vázquez was one of the strongest players in the Havana Chess Club in the late nineteenth century and to him goes the credit of publishing Capablanca's first surviving game, played on 17 September 1893 when Capa was two months short of his fifth birthday. The opponent was Ramón M. Iglesias, who gave him queen odds. Vázquez reported that Iglesias played without the intention of beating Capa at all costs, but giving him opportunities to display his talent and resources. Vázquez was already reporting in articles (1893-1897) that Capa was one of the greatest gifts of the nineteenth century, claiming that the little boy was able to understand intricacies that Philidor, Labourdonnais, Deschapelles and Morphy did not demonstrate they understood until they were past ten years of age.