Gina Lynne LoSasso

Last updated

Gina Lynne LoSasso
Chris and Gina Langan.jpg
Gina and Chris Langan in 2017
Country
Born (1956-03-13) March 13, 1956 (age 67)
New York City, U.S.
Title
  • FIDE Woman International Master (1990)
  • ICCF Lady International Master (1993)
FIDE   rating 2085 (January 1995)
Peak rating 2120 (January 1991)
ICCF   rating 2445 (July 1997)
ICCF   peak rating 2474 (July 1992)

Gina Lynne LoSasso [1] (born March 13, 1956), formerly known as Gina Linn and also known by her married names Langan and formerly Finegold, is an American chess player who played for the United States and Belgium on the international chess circuit and holds the titles of FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1990), the USCF title of National Master (NM, 1990), and the ICCF title of Lady International Master (LIM, 1993).

Contents

Biography

In the second half of the 1980s, playing as Gina Linn, Gina Lynne LoSasso was one of the leading American female chess players having participated in two US Women's Championships. In 1989, she moved to Belgium to play and won the Belgian Women's Chess Championship in Ghent. [2] She then placed first in the Women’s World Championship Zonal for Northwestern Europe in Oosterwijk in 1990, and participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Azov where she placed 16th. [3]

Gina Lynne LoSasso played for the United States and Belgium in the Women's Chess Olympiads in Abu Dhabi and Novi Sad respectively. [4] In 1990, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title for her performance playing first board at the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+7, =3, -3). In the 1990s, she returned to the US and completed a bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Wayne State University in less than five years. [1]

She received her PhD in clinical psychology in 1999. [5]

Personal life

Gina Lynne LoSasso was born in Brooklyn, New York. She learned to play chess in her 20s and became one of the leading female chessplayers of the 1980s and early 1990s before returning to college in 1994. [1] She married GM Ben Finegold in January 1989 in Hastings, England. They had a son, Spencer Finegold (born June 1991), and later divorced. [5] She later married Christopher Langan.[ citation needed ]

Related Research Articles

Teresa Canela Giménez is a Spanish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master.

Gordana Marković, also known as Gordana Marković-Jovanović, is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She is a two-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship and won a team bronze medal with the Yugoslav women's team at the 1988 Chess Olympiad.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzana Maksimović</span> Serbian and Yugoslav chess player

Suzana Maksimović is a Serbian and Yugoslav chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a two-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship. She won her first Yugoslav Chess Championship national title in 1983 jointly with her fellow counterpart Marija Petrović.

Asela de Armas Pérez was a Cuban chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1978). She was a ten-time winner of the Cuban Women's Chess Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zorica Nikolin</span> Serbian chess player

Zorica Nikolin is a Serbian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1982). She is a two-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eliška Richtrová</span> Czech chess player

Eliška Richtrová, née Klímová, also Richtrová-Klímová, is a Czech chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (1982). She was a five-time winner of the Czechoslovak Women's Chess Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nina Høiberg</span> Danish chess player

Nina Høiberg is a Danish chess player and Woman International Master. She is an eight-times winner of the Danish Women's Chess Championship.

Zirka Frometa Castillo is a Cuban chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a three-time winner of the Cuban Women's Chess Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julia Lebel-Arias</span> Argentine chess player

Julia Lebel-Arias is an Argentina-born chess player and Woman International Master who represented Argentina, France and Monaco. She is a four-times winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship and a three-times winner of the French Women's Chess Championship.

Johanna Paasikangas-Tella is a Finnish chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She is a five-time winner of the Finnish Women's Chess Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elvira Berend</span> Luxembourgish chess player

Elvira Bayakhmetovna Berend is a Kazakhstan-born Luxembourg chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time Luxembourg Chess Championship winner and four-time World Women's Over 50 Chess Championship winner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viktoria Johansson</span> Swedish chess player

Viktoria Johansson is a Swedish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master.

Lindri Juni Wijayanti is an Indonesian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a four-time Indonesian Women's Chess Championship winner. In 1980's she was Indonesian number one female chess player.

Lisa Karlina Lumongdong is an Indonesian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She is a two-times Indonesian Women's Chess Championship winner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Annett Wagner-Michel</span> German chess player

Annett Wagner-Michel is a German chess player who holds the FIDE title Woman International Master. She is a two-time East German Women's Chess Championship winner.

Ingrid Dahl is a Norwegian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master.

Tsagaan Battsetseg is a Mongolian–American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is an eight-time winner of the Mongolian Women's Chess Championship.

Adriana Salazar Varón is a Colombian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1990 and is a nine-time winner of the Colombian Women's Chess Championship.

Smilja Vujosevic was a Canadian chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She was a Canadian Women's Chess Championship winner (1975) and 7th Chess Olympiad (women) individual bronze medal winner (1976).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anne Marie Benschop</span> Dutch chess player

Anne Marie Benschop is a Dutch chess Woman International Master (1990), Dutch Women's Chess Championships winner (1991).

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sager, Mike (November 1, 1999). "The Smartest Man in America". Esquire . Archived from the original on February 25, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Belgian Chess History » Belgian championship, Ghent".
  3. ↑ "1990 Azov Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  4. ↑ "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gina Finegold". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. 1 2 Finegold, Ben (February 2010). "The 40-Year-Old GM". Chess Life .


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.