Gary Lane (chess player)

Gary Lane
Paignton chess tournament from 1990s.
Full nameGary William Lane
CountryAustralia
Born (1964-11-04) 4 November 1964 (age 59)
United Kingdom
TitleInternational Master (1988)
Peak rating2464 (July 2001)

Gary William Lane (born 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.

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  1. ^ "Hell Chess Festival - FilmFreeway". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-11.