Daily Archives: March 22, 2014


Last week to see GM Bryan Smith’s “My Final GM Norm” Part 1 of 4 free!

This is the last week to see Part 1 of Grandmaster Bryan Smith’s series on his final GM Norm. In the Michigan Fall Festival, Smith got his final norm for the grandmaster title. In this series he shows some of the games from that tournament – part 1 covers his game with GM Timur Gareev from the second round.  Smith has been a regular contributor on ChessLecture.com since 2007.

  • Matchup: Bryan Smith vs. T. Gareev
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Category: Strategy; Annotated Games
  • ECO: E42
  • Opening: Nimzo-Indian Defense; Rubenstein Variation
  • Run Time: 00:50:02

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