IMAlice Lee

Alice Lee began playing at six in her Minnesota school's chess club, which her older brother already attended. She became a U.S. national master at ten. In 2019, she won the world girls' under-10 championship and the under-18 section of the U.S. National Girls Championships. She added the North American girls' under-18 title in 2021, aged eleven. Her first U.S. Women's Championship appearance followed in 2022. In 2023, she qualified as an International Master at thirteen, becoming the youngest American woman to do so. She won the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship in 2023 and retained it in 2024. After finishing runner-up in the first two Women's American Cups, she defeated Irina Krush in the 2024 final. She defended that title in 2025, beating Tatev Abrahamyan in the final. At the 2023 Women's World Team Championship, she won an individual gold medal on first board. Her 2024 Olympiad debut brought both a U.S. team bronze medal and individual silver on board four. She has also presented the ChessKid show Alice's Pawn Palace.