Gary Lane

Gary Lane
Full name	Gary William Lane
Country	Australia
Born	4 November 1964 United Kingdom
Title	International Master
Peak rating	2464 (July 2001)

Gary William Lane (born 4 November 1964, United Kingdom) is a professional chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. He has written over twenty books on chess, including Find the Winning Move, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days and Prepare to Attack.

After his marriage to Woman International Master Nancy Jones, he moved to Australia, winning the Australian Chess Championship in 2004. He won the 2005 Oceania Chess Championship and represented Oceania at the Chess World Cup 2005.

He has also represented Australia in the 2002, 2004, and 2006 Chess Olympiads.^[1] In the 2004 Olympiad he helped Australia score a 2–2 draw with his former country England, scoring a spectacular win over Nigel Short.^[2] He has been a chess coach for England or Australia at the World Junior and also European Junior championship for over a decade.

In 2012 he won the George Trundle Masters in Auckland, New Zealand with a score of 7/9,^[3] and the NZ South Island Championships in Dunedin, with a score of 8/9.^[4] He was unbeaten in both events.

In 2015 at the Australian tournament the Doeberl Cup he beat Loek van Wely the reigning Dutch Champion and one of the world's leading players. ^[5] He played the Closed Sicilian which he has also written about in two books.

Gary is a passionate supporter of Torquay United F.C. ^[6]

Books

• Lane, Gary (1990). The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1.

• Lane, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0.

• Lane, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1.

• Lane, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop's Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7.

• Lane, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.

• Lane, Gary (1994). Winning with the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2.

• Lane, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7.

• Lane, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X.
• Lane, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6.

• Lane, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.

• Lane, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274.

• Lane, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.

• Lane, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865.

• Lane, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2.

• Lane, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121.

• Lane, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.

• Lane, Gary (2004). The Bishop's Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0.

• Lane, Gary (2004). 'Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713488-61-6.

• Lane, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8.

• Lane, Gary (2005). Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black. Batsford. ISBN 9780713489507.
• Lane, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5.
• Lane, Gary (2006). The Ruy Lopez Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8978-2.
• Lane, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3.
• Lane, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770.
• Lane, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287.
• Lane, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500.
• Lane, Gary (2013). Gary Lane's Chess Puzzle Book. http://www.eplusbooks.com/books/21-gary-lane-s-chess-puzzles. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7. External link in |publisher= (help)

References

1. Gary Lane Chess Olympiad statistics from www.olimpbase.org
2. Gary W. Lane-Nigel Short (2004) ChessGames.com
3. 2012 George Trundle Masters crosstable
4. 2012 South Island Championship crosstable
5. http://chess-db.com/public/game.jsp?id=5002045651.1000268.56218112.28734
6. http://www.torquayunited.com/

External links

• Gary W. Lane rating card at FIDE
• Gary W Lane player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Chess Questions answered by Gary Lane