Gary Lane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gary Lane

Australian chess player

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1964

Place of Birth: United Kingdom

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Gary Lane

  • Gary William Lane (born 4 November 1964) 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 thirty books on chess, including Find the Winning Move, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days and Prepare to Attack.
  • There have been translations in French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
  • In the 1980s the ITV documentary "To Kill a King" was screened nationwide in Great Britain.It featured a young Michael Adams and Lane.
  • This feature is shown regularly at chess film festivals.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.
  • In the 2004 Olympiad he helped Australia score a 2–2 draw with his former country England, scoring a decisive win over Nigel Short.
  • 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, and the NZ South Island Championships in Dunedin, with a score of 8/9.
  • 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.
  • He played the Closed Sicilian which he has also written about in two books. In 2016 he came =1st at George Trundle Masters in Auckland, New Zealand with a score of 7/9, and followed this up with =1st place scoring 8/9 at the NZ South Island Championships in Canterbury.
  • He did not lose any games in the two events. At the 2nd Fiji International Open Chess Tournament Lane dominated the event winning with the perfect score of 7/7. A score of 9/9 and clear first place was the result at the 1st Fiji International Rapid Open.Lane is a supporter of Torquay United F.C.

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