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After remarkably finishing in second place at the American Cup, Alice Lee was interviewed by Tatiana Flores. The teenager was asked when she expected to make her last IM norm. A confident Alice Lee replied:
I’m playing a few tournaments from the end of May through the summer, so I’m hoping to get my final norm in one of those.
Attack like a Super Grandmaster
In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM†with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.
At the Canadian Transnational Championship, a 9-round Swiss open held in Montreal on 6-11 June, the youngster reached her goal. After facing eight GMs and one IM, she collected 4½ points from 9 games and achieved a 2531 rating performance. This was enough to secure her third and final IM norm, thus breaking a record, as no other girl from the United States had ever won the title at such a young age.
Having achieved this goal at 13, the sky is the limit for the girl from Minneapolis. Flores also asked her about her long-term goals, and Lee maturely replied:
I would definitely say that I’d like to become a GM, especially since I think it’s within reach if I keep improving. However, that’s like a really big goal that won’t happen for another three years, so for the moment I’m trying to focus on smaller goals, trying to improve my chess. [...] I still have goals I’d like to achieve.
IM-elect Alice Lee and her future U.S. Championship opponent. pic.twitter.com/ysoXrm5rJD
— Mike Klein (@ChessMike) June 15, 2023
The winner of the Canadian Transnational Championship was the Latvian GM Toms Kantans. He scored 7½/9 points and finished a full point ahead of Polish GM Mateusz Bartel and Canadian IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux.
Master Class Vol.2: Mihail Tal
On this DVD Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh and Karsten Müller present the 8. World Chess Champion in video lessons: his openings, his understanding of chess strategy, his artful endgame play, and finally his immortal combinations.
| Rk. | Name | RtgI | TB1 | ||
| 1 | GM | Kantans, Toms | 2486 | 7,5 | |
| 2 | GM | Bartel, Mateusz | 2609 | 6,5 | |
| IM | Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn | 2469 | 6,5 | ||
| 4 | GM | Liang, Awonder | 2651 | 6 | |
| GM | Bosiocic, Marin | 2543 | 6 | ||
| GM | Matviishen, Viktor | 2538 | 6 | ||
| IM | Noritsyn, Nikolay | 2462 | 6 | ||
| 8 | GM | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | 2617 | 5,5 | |
| GM | Meshkovs, Nikita | 2573 | 5,5 | ||
| GM | Lenderman, Alexandr | 2566 | 5,5 | ||
| GM | Almeida Quintana, Omar | 2520 | 5,5 | ||
| GM | Preotu, Razvan | 2475 | 5,5 | ||
| IM | Heimann, Mark | 2426 | 5,5 | ||
| IM | Plotkin, Mark | 2341 | 5,5 | ||
| 15 | GM | Neiksans, Arturs | 2605 | 5 | |
| GM | Moradiabadi, Elshan | 2520 | 5 | ||
| GM | Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula | 2504 | 5 | ||
| IM | Posthuma, Joshua | 2457 | 5 | ||
| GM | Sambuev, Bator | 2448 | 5 | ||
| IM | Msellek, Ilyass | 2405 | 5 |
