Alice Lee Becomes Champion with the Caro-Kann

Featured is a sharp chess game between Carissa Yip and Alice Lee from the 2026 American Cup, the Women's Grand Final Rematch. Arising from the Caro-Kann Defense Advance variation, we reach a key moment in the middlegame around move 15 where Yip has an opportunity to initiate an exchange on e4 and follow with the dynamic pawn break d5. This opportunity soon passes, and we follow a positional path into an unbalanced endgame that is executed beautifully by Lee. With this game being the only decisive one of their match in the Grand Final Rematch, Alice Lee became the 2026 American Cup Women's Champion. #AliceLee #CarissaYip Image of Alice Lee in thumbnail courtesy of Lennart Ootes lennartootes.com I'm a self-taught National Master in chess out of Pennsylvania, USA who was introduced to the game by my father in 1988 at the age of 8. The purpose of this channel is to share my knowledge of chess to help others improve their game. I enjoy continuing to improve my understanding of this great game, albeit slowly. Consider subscribing here on YouTube for frequent content, and/or connecting via any or all the below social medias. Your support is greatly appreciated. Take care, bye. :) ★ LICHESS.ORG https://lichess.org/@/Chess-Network ★ CHESS.COM https://www.chess.com/member/chessnet... (affiliate link) ★ TWITCH   / chessnetwork   ★ TWITTER   / chessnetwork   ★ FACEBOOK   / chessnetwork   ★ PATREON   / chessnetwork   ★ DONATE https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... PGN 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nge2 Ne7 9. h4 h6 10. h5 a6 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. a3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa7 14. b4 Be4 15. O-O Nf5 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Nc5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 a5 21. g4 Nfe7 22. Qd2 axb4 23. axb4 Qa4 24. Bc3 b6 25. Ra1 Qxa1+ 26. Bxa1 bxc5 27. dxc5 Rb8 28. Bc3 d4 29. Nxd4 Rfd8 30. Qb2 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxb4 32. Qc3 Rxd4 33. f3 Nxe5 34. Kf2 N7c6 35. Ke2 Rd3 36. Qa1 Nd4+ 37. Kf2 Rxf3+ 38. Kg2 Rf4 39. g5 hxg5