I believe many people are deeply impressed by the well-known American drama "Rear Wing Abandonment":
The girl who grew up in an orphanage was gifted in chess, and as she grew up, she continued to discover her potential, eventually breaking the traditional pattern of male-dominated chess.
(美剧《后翼弃兵》主演Another Taylor-win)
After the broadcast of this American drama, the starring Anya Taylor-Joy quickly became popular and became a new Hollywood flower.
However, little attention has been paid to Lisa Lane, the prototype of the show's heroine, who passed away on February 28 and has not even received much media coverage.
Few people know that Lane has spent her life fighting for the honor and dignity that female chess players deserve, but she has so far failed to do so...
（《后翼弃兵》原型Lisa Lane）
Lane was born in Philadelphia in 1938, and she didn't know who her biological father was.
For as long as I can remember, I have lived with my grandmother with my sister, and my mother often has to work two jobs to support the family.
Lane grew up in such a poor family.
In 1957, he joined Temple University.
Unlike many chess prodigies, Lane discovered his interest in chess by accident only after entering college.
(Lane Research Chess Books)
She was watching a game of chess at a café and was fascinated by the national elephant.
Since then, she has been determined to learn from the national elephant.
So in her spare time, she spent all her savings to borrow chess-related books, read books and learn chess, and hone her chess skills with people in cafes.
As it turned out, Lane was a man of great talent, and she had shown her incredible prowess in less than a year of self-taught and apprenticeship.
In 1958, she won the Philadelphia Women's National Elephant Championship.
The following year, she won the American Women's Chess Championship in one fell swoop.
In 1960, Lane continued to win the tournament by defeating four-time champion Gisela Gresser and becoming the world's No. 1 women's chess player.
This year, she was only 22 years old.
(天才棋王Lane)
After only three years of chess learning, Lane rose from a beginner to the world's first female player, and Lane's story is like a fairy tale, and she became a new chess celebrity.
However, Lane didn't expect that the moment she reached the top would be the beginning of her life's depression.
In 1961, the new Women's World Champion Lane was invited to a celebrity party of famous actors, playwrights, and journalists – no one knew who Lane was or why she was there.....
So many people began to quietly ask, which movie did this beautiful lady participate in?
When Lane introduced himself as a national chess player, everyone present even showed a look of regret. Many people euphemistically expressed a meaning:
You're so beautiful, you're not an actor, but a chess player......
(Pretty Chess King)
At that moment, Lane felt the world's prejudice against her:
A beautiful woman has to rely on her appearance, not her intelligence, to win the respect of the world!?
All of this fueled Lane's fighting spirit, and she began to participate in cross-gender duels and defeat one well-known male chess player after another.
All the male chess players who have played against her were shocked by her sharp moves, leaving a psychological shadow.
One male chess player commented with apprehension: "She plays chess like a man, which scares me." ”
Another male national elephant expert commented:
"She's a killer, always aggressive on the chessboard, always aggressive. It's hard not to sweat when playing against her..."
(Lane scares male chess players)
After defeating a group of male chess players, Lane publicly shouted to the American Chess Association:
I have beaten so many male chess players, why do I still get less money than them? Can't male and female chess players get equal pay for equal work?
Lane is in full swing, and many media outlets believe that she is the best chess player in the United States, and the only one who scares the powerful Soviets.
Although she has made the American national elephant a national pride in her own way, she still can't gain enough respect outside of chess.
A well-known reporter teased after interviewing her:
"Men and women shouldn't play chess together. ”
Lane then countered:
"Adults and children shouldn't play chess together!"
（曾经的国象王者Lane）
Like a lone fighter, Lane has been fighting for the honor and dignity of American women's chess.
She even learned Russian to the level of being able to read Russian chess magazines in order to study the chess moves of her Soviet opponents.
She has repeatedly defeated the masters of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and other countries, but she still feels tired after all.
In 1962, after successfully defending her World Championship in women's national chess, Lane received anonymous threats from her native chess player on the grounds that she had gone out of the limelight and left no one else exposed......
Lane gradually became disheartened by such a bad chess atmosphere on the other side.
In the '70s, Lane and her husband opened a health food store in New York and began to fade out of the chess world.
Although the person is gone, Lane is always reluctant, and she will be interviewed from time to time, complaining about the poor environment of the American national elephant.
In her opinion, the biggest enemy of the American women's national elephant is not the male chess players, but the female chess players themselves:
"Many female chess players choose to be submissive to male chess players, they earn a lot of prize money, but they are used by the chess association to subsidize male chess players, and they never complain about it......"
But Lane eventually faded out of sight and was gradually forgotten.
(一代宗师Lisa Lane)
In 2018, the filming of the American drama "Abandoned Soldiers on the Rear Wing" began, and Lane was interviewed as the prototype of the character, and the queen of national elephants briefly returned to the media's field of vision.
In the twilight of her life, Lane is still fighting for the women's national elephant, and she sighed:
"I used my fame to sell chess and American women's chess, but it still didn't work very well..."
(Old photo of Lane play)
On February 28 this year, a generation of chess legend Lisa Lane passed away quietly, and few media focused on it.
(Lane plays against people in his later years)
Lane is gone, but what she fought for will never be forgotten.
RIP, master go all the way!