Gina Lynne LoSasso
Gina Lynne LoSasso, 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, the USCF title of National Master, and the ICCF title of Lady International Master.
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. She then placed first in the Women’s World Championship Zonal for Northwestern Europe in Oosterwijk in 1990, and participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Azov where she placed 16th.Gina Lynne LoSasso played for the United States and Belgium in the Women's Chess Olympiads in Abu Dhabi and Novi Sad respectively.
In 1990, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master title for her performance playing first board at the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad.
In the 1990s, she returned to the US and completed a bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree at Wayne State University in less than five years. Her PhD, earned in 1999, was in the field of clinical neuropsychology.