This book was published in Moscow , USSR , 1960 . Text and chess notation Russian . Hardcover , 500 pages . Condition is " very good " , cover show some shelf wear and pages are clean , but edges are faded ( do not forget the book is 63 years old ! ) . The books covers chess events in USSR and in world for 2 years ( 1958-1959 ) . There are 5 chapters / # 1 - World championship matches - Bykova - Rybzova , and Botvinnik- Smyslov , # 2 - Soviet 25th and 26th Championships . # 3 -Championships in Soviet Republics , #4 - All Soviet Spartaciad , #5 - Chess tournaments around the Word , # 5 - Soviet Chess literature in 1958-1959 . 145 annotated games . Indexes of players and openings . Interesting book and even now is instructive ! Attention International buyers - please contact me before you bid about shipping cost !