Carissa Yip wins the Cairns Cup - 4-9

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The fifth Cairns Cup finished on Thursday with victory for 21 year old Carissa Yip who drew with her closest rival, 15 year old Alice Lee, to secure clear first place. Yip and Lee were formally the bottom two seeds in the event but there was reason to believe even before the event started that both players were considerably better than that. Neither has been very active outside the United States, Yip is studying Computer Science and Math at Stanford University (I now hear that at some point recently she dropped out) and Lee is still at school, yet their powerful play at the US Championships in October, where Yip was champion and Lee finished third with only one defeat, already marked them out as leading women's players.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/twic-news-fe ... cairns-cup