Scouting report: Espen Lie (IM, NOR)

624 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (603 classical, 11 rapid, 10 blitz): 42% wins, 35% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2454 standard, 2425 rapid, 2444 blitz. 15 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0 blunders per game.

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Espen Lie

IM

Norwayborn 1984FIDE ID 1502611

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2440
2480
2457 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2454
2444
2425
2492peak, Apr 2018
624games
264wins, 42%
216draws, 35%
144losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.8% average
High resilience (70%): Dangerous even when losing
Very consistent (93%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 as ♔ (66% in 71 games)

Play against Lie's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 624 games

Openings

624 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Reti: KIA1.♞f3 d5 2.g3 ♞f611 games, last played 3 years ago63.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 15 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
94.2%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
93.7%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
38%
5 err
31%
4 err
15%
2 err
8%
1 err
8%
1 err
0%
0 err
Critical moment
Move 30 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
0%
46+
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
Few
Many
g4
3
c4
2
d2
1
e3
1
e5
1
g4/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Lie, Kjetil A.(2525)

Move 25 · Middlegame · Rapid · 2023

−2.8a6??
Al-Tarboush, Ward(2238)

Move 55 · Endgame · Rapid · 2023

−5.6f2+??
Kvam, Audun(2024)

Move 6 · Opening · Rapid · 2023

−4.7e6??
Tari,A(2653)

Move 52 · Endgame · Blitz · 2023

−3.1e5??
Hobber, Anders(2371)

Move 51 · Endgame · Blitz · 2023

−4.0xh3??
Tunsjo, Axel(2237)

Move 45 · Endgame · Blitz · 2023

−4.0f4??
Kvaloy, Aksel Bu(2233)

Move 26 · Endgame · Blitz · 2023

−4.0b1+??
Nordquelle, Daniel(2151)

Move 15 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2023

−3.1e6??
Ingebretsen, Jens E(2241)

Move 22 · Middlegame · OTB · 2020

−2.4f1??
Stanford, Sheila Barth(2145)

Move 43 · Endgame · OTB · 2020

−2.5c4??

Recent games

Wallace, John Paul(2346)

Eliteserien 2025-26 · 8 Mar 2026

0–1
Demac, Elias(2230)

Norwegian Team League 25-26 · 7 Mar 2026

0–1
Halvorsen, Benjamin(1966)

Round 1: Halvorsen, Benjamin - L... · 25 Apr 2025

0–1
Kocharin, Timur(2263)

Titled Tuesday Early · 15 Apr 2025

1–0
Karpenko, Anton(2219)

Titled Tuesday Early · 15 Apr 2025

0–1
Harshit Ranjan Sahu(2142)

Titled Tuesday Early · 15 Apr 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
624 games in scope
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
311 games48%W33%D19%L
Move
1. e4
1391y
47%32%21
63%
1. c4
898y
48%29%23
63%
1. ♞f3
717m
46%39%15
66%
1. g3
84y
63%38%
81%
1. d4
412y
25%25%50%
38%

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