Gm-Ram: Essential Grandmaster Chess Knowledge

This book is about the language of chess. more specifically, this book is about the essential building blocks of chess. In a logical scientific approach to chess one must first master the basic building blocks and from there begin to build a personalized "vocabulary" which will be the foundation for mastery. In Russian chess folklore it is said that there are 300 positions which comprise the most important knowlege an aspiring player must acquire. In this book are 253 unique positions; the remaining 47 are left to the reader who can complete the collection with those most meaningful to them. In addition there are 59 games every developing master would be advised to know.