Gina Linn Finegold

Gina Linn Finegold is an American chess player who played for the United States and Belgium on the international chess circuit and holds the titles of Woman International Master (WIM, 1990) and Ladies International Correspondence Chess Master (LIM, 1993).

Gina Linn Finegold
CountryUnited States
Belgium
TitleWoman International Master (WIM) (1990)

Biography

In the second half of the 1980s Gina Linn Finegold 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.[1] She then placed first in the Women’s World Championship Zonal for Northwestern Europe in Oosterwijk (Section X). In 1990, and participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Azov where she placed 16th.[2]

Gina Linn Finegold played for the United States and Belgium in the Women's Chess Olympiads in Abu Dhabi and Novi Sad respectively.[3] In 1990, she was awarded the FIDE International Women 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.

References
  1. "Belgian Chess History » Belgian championship, Ghent".
  2. "1990 Azov Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  3. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gina Finegold". www.olimpbase.org.


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