Espen Lie

Espen Lie

Espen Lie (born January 3, 1984) is a Norwegian chess player who currently holds the title of International Master, and was the Norwegian Chess Champion for 2007. He is the younger brother of GM Kjetil A. Lie. Lie plays for the chess club in Porsgrunn.

In the 2007 Norwegian championship, played at Hamar, Espen Lie and Geir Sune Tallaksen (also representing Porsgrunn) shared first place with 6.5 points out of 9. The result was viewed as surprising, for Lie and Tallaksen were ranked as number 9 and 10 (out of 20) in the tournament, behind a number of grandmasters. [ [http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk/article1204564.ece Omkamp om kongepokalen] ("Rematch for the royal trophy") Nettavisen July 7, 2007 no icon] A play-off between the two was arranged September 21-23 in Porsgrunn to determine the champion, and Lie prevailed in the sixth game after the first five games all were drawn. [ [http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk/article1349278.ece Espen Lie ny norgesmester] ("Espen Lie new Norwegian Champion") Nettavisen version of September 27, 2007, retrieved February 28, 2008 no icon] Espen Lie has one GM norm, won after 5.5/9 in an international tournament in Reykjavik. [ [http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk/article1674862.ece Ny milepæl for Espen Lie] ("New milestone for Espen Lie") Nettavisen, March 12 2008 no icon]

Apart from chess, Lie's training to become a teacher.

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