Espen Lie (born January 3, 1984) is a Norwegian chess player who currently holds the title of International Master, and was the Norwegian Chess Champion for 2007.

In the 2007 Norwegian championship, played at Hamar, Espen Lie and Geir Sune Tallaksen (also representing Porsgrunn) shared first place with 6.5 points out of 9.

[2] Espen Lie has two GM norms, the first one after 5.5/9 in an international tournament in Reykjavik,[3] and the second after 7/9 in the 2012 Norwegian chess championship in Sandefjord, where he tied for first with IM Frode O. O.

[4] Lie lost the play-off for the title after losing the first game and drawing the second.

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