I believe many people are deeply impressed by the famous American TV series "The Queen's Gambit":
A girl who grew up in an orphanage has a superb talent for chess. She continued to explore her potential as she grew up, and eventually broke the male-dominated chess tradition. Traditional pattern.
(anya taylor-joy, the star of the American drama "The Gambit")
After the broadcast of this American drama, the star anya taylor-joy quickly became famous and became a new star in Hollywood.
However, few people pay attention to Lisa Lane, the prototype of the heroine in the play. The legendary chess master passed away on February 28 and did not even receive much media coverage.
Few people know that Lane has actually been fighting for the honor and dignity that female chess players deserve her whole life, but so far she has failed...
(the prototype of "The Queen's Gambit" Lisa Lane)
lane was born in the United States in 1938 Philadelphia, she doesn't know who her biological father is.
and his sister have been living with his grandmother for as long as he can remember. In order to support the family, his mother often had to work two jobs.
lane grew up in such a poor family.
In 1957, she was admitted to Temple University.
is different from many chess geniuses. lane accidentally discovered his interest in chess after entering college.
(lane's chess research book)
At that time, she was watching a chess game in a cafe, and she couldn't control it. She was deeply attracted by the Chinese chess game.
From then on, she determined to learn Chinese chess well.
So in her spare time, she spent all her savings on borrowing chess-related books. While reading and learning chess, she honed her chess skills with others in cafes.
Facts have proved that Lane does have extraordinary talent. Within a year of studying chess by herself and under a teacher, she showed amazing strength.
In 1958, she won the Philadelphia women's national chess championship.
The next year, she won the National Women's Chess Championship again.
In 1960, Lane continued her efforts, directly defeated the four-time winner Gisela Gresser, and was crowned the champion of the Women's International Chess Masters, becoming the true number one in the world of women's national chess.
This year, she is only 22 years old.
(Genius Chess King Lane)
After learning chess for only three years, she became the number one woman in the world from a beginner. Lane's story is comparable to a fairy tale, and she has become famous and become a new celebrity in the chess world.
However, Lane did not expect that the moment she reached the top would be the beginning of her depressed life.
In 1961, the new women's world champion Lane was invited to attend a celebrity gathering. Well-known actors, playwrights, and reporters gathered together - no one knew who Lane was and why she appeared at this event...
So many people began to quietly ask, which movie did this beautiful lady appear in?
When Lane introduced himself as a chess player, everyone present even looked regretful. Many people expressed a meaning tactfully:
You are so beautiful, you are not an actor, but a chess player...
(Beautiful chess king)
At that moment, Lane felt the world's prejudice against her:
A beautiful woman is You have to rely on appearance, not intelligence to win the respect of the world! ?
All this inspired Lane's fighting spirit, and she began to continuously participate in cross-gender duels, defeating well-known male chess players one after another.
All male chess players who have played against her were shocked by her sharp killing moves, leaving a psychological shadow.
A male chess player commented with lingering fear: "She plays chess like a man, which scares me."
Another male chess master commented:
"She is a killer, always aggressive on the chessboard, always Aggressive.It's hard not to sweat while playing against her..."
(lane frightens male chess players)
After defeating many male chess players, lane publicly shouted to the United States Chess Association:
I have defeated so many male chess players, why did I win? Still have less money than them? Can't male and female chess players get equal pay for equal work?
Lane must be at the top of her game. Many media believe that she is the best chess player in the United States and the only chess player who scares the powerful Soviets. .
Although she has made the American chess team a national pride in her own way, she still cannot get enough respect outside of chess.
A well-known reporter once interviewed her and said:
"Men and women are not the same." It's time to play chess together. "
lane then spoke back:
"Adults and children should not play chess together! "
(former king of chess, lane)
lane is like a lone fighter, who has been fighting for the honor and dignity of American women's chess.
She even learned Russian to read Russian chess magazines in order to study the chess moves of her Soviet opponents. level.
She repeatedly defeated masters from the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and other countries, but she still felt tired after all.
In 1962, after successfully defending the women's national chess world championship, Lane actually received anonymous threats from domestic chess players on the grounds that she Stealing the limelight, leaving others without exposure...
Lane gradually became disheartened by such a bad chess atmosphere.
In the 1970s, Lane and her husband opened a health food store in New York. began to fade out of the chess world.
Although they left, Lane was still unwilling to accept it. She would give interviews from time to time to complain about the bad environment of the American chess.
In her opinion, the biggest enemy of the American women's chess is not the male chess player. But the female chess players themselves:
"Many female chess players choose to be submissive to male chess players. They earn a lot of bonuses, but the chess association uses them to subsidize male chess players, and they never complain about this..."
But Lane eventually faded out of people's sight and was gradually forgotten.
(Grandmaster Lisa Lane)
In 2018, the filming of the American drama "The Queen of the Queen" started. Lane was interviewed as a character prototype. This queen of national elephants was Once again briefly returned to the media's field of vision.
In her twilight years, Lane is still fighting for the women's national chess. She lamented:
"I used my fame to promote chess and American women's chess, but I still had little success... "
(Old photos of Lane playing chess)
On February 28 this year, a generation of legendary chess master Lisa Lane passed away quietly, with few media reports.
(Lane played chess with others in his later years)
Lane left, but she left for Everything you have fought for will never be forgotten by the world.
rip, Master, have a good journey!
