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https://www.chess.com/news/view/cairns-cup-2025-round-2 Alice Lee, the lowest rated, leads the tournament with a perfect 2-0 start.
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https://en.chessbase.com/post/cairns...on-carissa-yip Alice Lee continues to rock on. -
Rds 4 and 5 Alice Lee continues to impress with draws against Tan Zhongyi and Humpy Koneru. After 5 rounds she is undefeated with 2 wins and 3 draws and a performance over 2600.Comment
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https://www.chess.com/news/view/cairns-cup-2025-round-7 Both Yip and Lee took off the leaders. Alice Lee responded like a true champion winning a critical game after a tough loss. We have a dog fight (cat fight!?) with two rounds left. Fans rejoice.Comment
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https://www.chess.com/news/view/cairns-cup-2025-round-8 Its all down to the two bright American prospects Yip and Lee in the last round. Whoever wins gets the GM norm and wins the tournament. Yip also has draw odds and to boot Alice Lee has Black as they play each other. Pressures on!Comment
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It was a great pleasure to watch America's two greatest up and coming talents in women's chess as they powered through a field of 6 experienced grandmasters to finish first and second. The bonus was that they met in the last round to decide first place. Carissa Yip at age ten beat her first strong grandmaster Alexander Ivanov and the next year became a national master. In recent years she has eclipsed two other great talents Annie Wang and Jennifer Yu who stopped shortly before breaking through the 2400 FIDE rating barrier. Alice Lee in this tournament had huge obstacles to overcome and she achieved a breakthrough. She is now successfully competing with experienced GM opponents and in another field (without Carissa Yip) would have achieved first place! I feel privileged watching chess history being made. In the last round Alice had black, also was six years younger, and had far less experience than her illustrious opponent. Still she managed to change the game to her own strategy even though it involved a queen sacrifice for active rooks and a tortuous defence. She fought on for almost a hundred moves and achieved a draw. In itself a small victory. (and every master knows that defence is much harder than offence)
I can't help but remember thirty years ago when Irina Krush and Jennifer Shahade were starting out and watching them win accolades. They both went different ways. Irina became a respected grandmaster and then a legendary figure in American women's chess and Jennifer Shahade chose to bring exposure to girls chess and chess promotion on a large scale. I feel like I am getting to see the start of a rivalry (next generation) of Carissa Yip and Alice Lee which will lead to two top grandmasters, both completely different players competing with each other and other top players over the years. Great excitement as a chess fan.Last edited by Hans Jung; Today, 10:29 AM.Comment
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