The chess games of Kjetil A Lie

KJETIL A LIE
(born Nov-18-1980, 44 years old) Norway

Kjetil Aleksander Lie is a Norwegian chess grandmaster, the country's eighth GM. Representing the chess club in Porsgrunn, Lie is the first Norwegian GM not from the Oslo vicinity. He is the older brother of IM Espen Lie, and a grandson of Odd Lie.

Lie started playing scholastic chess at the age of eight. In 1994 he won the Norwegian championship for the cadet age group (14 to 15 year olds). He won the Open Norwegian Championship in 2000, and finished first in the top age group in the Norwegian Youth Championships every year from 2000 to 2003.

In 2002, Lie was awarded the title of International Master. The required three Grandmaster norms came in the Norwegian team chess championship of 2003 to 2004, Politiken Cup in Copenhagen in 2004, and Smartfish Chess Masters in Drammen in December 2004 and January 2005. Even after these norms, Lie had still not achieved the required Elo rating of 2500 until he won the first two rounds in a local tournament in Porsgrunn at the end of February 2005. These wins gave Lie a rating of 2500.5, and it did not matter that Lie immediately proceeded to lose the third game. Lie's playing style is aggressive and sacrificial, and he is known as a dangerous tactician. With White, Lie has varied between 1.c4 and 1.e4, with Black he prefers sharp defenses such as the Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (B36) and the Benoni Defense (A56).

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. K Lie vs A Pehlgrim	1-0	50	1996	Troll Masters	B07 Pirc
2. K Lie vs A H Berg	1-0	60	1996	Troll Masters	B32 Sicilian
3. K Lie vs D Anderton	1-0	43	1996	Troll Masters	C02 French, Advance
4. K Lie vs Westerinen	0-1	47	1996	Troll Masters	B03 Alekhine's Defense
5. R Bellin vs K Lie	1-0	52	1996	Troll Masters	D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
6. Petursson vs K Lie	1-0	47	1996	Troll Masters	A13 English
7. K Lie vs S Johnsen	½-½	42	1996	Troll Masters	B01 Scandinavian
8. K Kiik vs K Lie	1-0	51	1996	Troll Masters	B50 Sicilian
9. M M Ivanov vs K Lie	0-1	45	1996	Troll Masters	A06 Reti Opening
10. K Lie vs L Ogaard	1-0	35	1998	NOR-chT	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
11. T Bromann vs K Lie	½-½	69	1999	Scandinavia CupT U18	B53 Sicilian
12. P H Nielsen vs K Lie	1-0	32	1999	Troll Masters	E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
13. K Lie vs de Firmian	0-1	33	1999	Troll Masters	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
14. K Lie vs R H Fyllingen	1-0	29	1999	Norwegian Championship	C50 Giuoco Piano
15. K Lie vs K H Storland	1-0	66	1999	Norwegian Championship	B03 Alekhine's Defense
16. R Djurhuus vs K Lie	½-½	48	1999	Norwegian Championship	A43 Old Benoni
17. K Lie vs E Gausel	0-1	54	1999	Norwegian Championship	B01 Scandinavian
18. L E Johannessen vs K Lie	½-½	40	1999	Norwegian Championship	A43 Old Benoni
19. F Elsness vs K Lie	1-0	59	1999	Norwegian Championship	A43 Old Benoni
20. K Lie vs O Dannevig	0-1	39	1999	Norwegian Championship	B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
21. B Leer-Salvesen vs K Lie	½-½	28	1999	Norwegian Championship	A30 English, Symmetrical
22. A Moen vs K Lie	½-½	1	1999	Norwegian Championship	A43 Old Benoni
23. K Lie vs J Royset	1-0	41	2000	Troll Masters	C44 King's Pawn Game
24. K Lie vs A Flaata	1-0	42	2000	Ostlandserien 99/00	B32 Sicilian
25. K Lie vs L Ogaard	½-½	55	2000	NOR-chT 9900	B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation


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