Grandmaster Rashid Ziatdinov, famous chess coach and winner of innumerable tournaments around the world, is best known for his view that chess success is dependent on the assimilation of tens of thousands of chess patterns. His book, GM-RAM, discusses this in detail and presents key positions/games that will help the student achieve this goal.

The instructive articles he presents on jeremysilman.com continues his exploration into these patterns. He also gives us study habits, study shortcuts, and insightful advice for those that wish to improve their understanding of the game.

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