Noted chess author annotates great contests beginning with 16th-century master Ruy Lopez. Concise, illustrated analysis of games by Morphy, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Fischer, Karpov, many more. Much chess expertise plus revealing anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories of celebrated combatants.

Dover, 1976.
ISBN: 9780486245126. 397 pp.
Softcover. Very good.