"The most famous collection of chess masterpieces ever published, brought up to date(1972) ot include the games of Fischer, Petrosian, Tal, Spassky, Evans, Reshevsky, and others." Small tear to cover near head of spine, small corner crease, spine slant, light shopwear, pages are browning, and the interiors of covers are browning and causing some unusual staining under surface of covers especially the back cover.