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IM Espen Lie

Espen Lie
Full name
Espen Lie
Born
1984 (age 42)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Norway
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2454
Classical
2425
Rapid
2444
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
English Opening: King's English Variation (15 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (13 games)
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (12 games)
Réti Opening: Sicilian Invitation (9 games)
English Opening: Great Snake Variation (8 games)
Black Pieces
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Advance Variation (13 games)
Alekhine's Defense: Modern, Larsen Variation (12 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Chigorin Defense (7 games)
Alekhine's Defense: Exchange Variation (6 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Indian Defense (5 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Espen Lie (2696)
Henry Wang (2387)
1-0 38 2025
Espen Lie (2694)
Munkhbat Chogdov (2494)
1-0 38 2025
Espen Lie (2703)
Maahir M Patel (2559)
1-0 40 2025
Espen Lie (2701)
Timur Kocharin (2547)
1-0 42 2025
Espen Lie (2697)
Jonas Gallasch (2515)
1-0 42 2025
Espen Lie (2706)
Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes (2605)
0-1 39 2025
Espen Lie (2708)
Oleksandr Bortnyk (3096)
0-1 33 2025
Espen Lie (2704)
Nikita Meshkovs (2960)
0-1 57 2025
Espen Lie (2701)
Alexander Rustemov (2872)
½-½ 56 2025
Bojan Maksimovic (2939)
Espen Lie (2711)
1-0 36 2025
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