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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lisa_LaneLisa Lane - Wikipedia

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   Marianne Elizabeth Lane Hickey (April 25, 1933 – February 28, 2024), also known as Lisa Lane, was an American chess player. She was the U.S. Women's Chess Champion in 1959.

2. www.nytimes.com › 2024/03/25 › usLisa Lane, Chess Champion Whose Reign Was Meteoric, Dies at 90

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   Mar 25, 2024 · Lisa Lane, an early star of American chess who was a two-time United States women’s champion and the first chess player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated, died on Feb. 28 at her home...

3. www.legacy.com › news › celebrity-deathsLisa Lane (1933–2024), news-making chess champion

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   Mar 26, 2024 · Lisa Lane, news-making chess champion of the 1950s and ‘60s, died February 28 of cancer at her home in Carmel, New York, at the age of 90.

4. slate.com › culture › 2024Lisa Lane might have been the inspiration for Netflix’s The...

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   Mar 20, 2024 · In May 1961, Lisa Lane was a contestant on the long-running CBS game show What’s My Line? Wearing a dark A-line dress and no jewelry, Lane walked onstage and wrote her name on a...

5. www.chess.com › news › viewLisa Lane (1933-2024) - Chess.com

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   Apr 2, 2024 · Two-time U.S. Women's Champion and WIM Lisa Lane was the first chess player, of any gender, to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1961. She died on February 28, 2024.

6. www.si.com › more-sports › 2018/12/17Why is chess gender segregated? After Lisa Lane, women still face...

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   Dec 17, 2018 · In 1961, Lisa Lane was a rising star in chess—until she disappeared from the spotlight to fight for equal opportunity, something women are still dealing with in the sport today. Emma...

7. dnyuz.com › 2024/03/25 › lisa-lane-chess-champion-whose-reign-was-meteoric-dies-at-86Lisa Lane, Chess Champion Whose Reign Was Meteoric, Dies at 86

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   Mar 25, 2024 · Lisa Lane, an early star of American chess who was a two-time United States women’s champion and the first chess player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated, died on Feb. 28 at her home in Carmel, N.Y., in Putnam County. She was 90.

8. www.tvinsider.com › 1128953Lisa Lane, Chess Champion Said to Have Inspired 'The Queen's...

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   Mar 27, 2024 · Lisa Lane, the former U.S. Women’s Chess Champion believed to have inspired the 1983 novel (and Netflix series) The Queen’s Gambit, has died. She was 90.

9. www.msn.com › en-us › sportsLisa Lane, Meteoric Chess Champion, Passes Away at 90 - MSN

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   Mar 26, 2024 · Lisa Lane, a pioneering figure in American chess, passed away at 90 on February 28 at her home in Carmel, N.Y. She was a two-time US women's champion and the first chess player...

10. en.chessbase.com › post › lisa-lane-the-first-che-beauty-queenLisa Lane - The first chess beauty queen | ChessBase

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    10/21/2010 – While Alexandra Kosteniuk made headlines by promoting beauty and glamor along with her chess, 50 years ago two-time US Women's Champion Lisa Lane graced the cover of Sports Illustrated and was the subject of pictorials in Life magazine, Newsweek, and more. This singular personality was decades ahead of her time in promoting chess.