Alice Lee

Alice, who will turn 16 during the U.S. Women’s Championship, is one of the great young talents of American chess. The 35th rated women in the world at 2409, and the fifth rated female under 21, Alice, along with teammates Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, Carissa Yip, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih, helped the U.S. women to the bronze medals at the Budapest Olympiad last year. This was only the third time American women have won a team medal (2004 and 2008 were the other). To make it even more of a success Alice and Carissa both won individual board medals.

This year Alice had an outstanding performance at the Cairns Cup where she nearly made a Grandmaster norm in finishing second. She also repeated her 2024 victory in the America’s Cup. Will she win her first U.S.Women’s title this year?