Gary W Lane
Number of games in database: 181
Years covered: 1979 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2412
Highest rating achieved in database: 2464
Overall record: +70 -64 =46 (51.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (31)      B42 B93 B30 B32 B40  Caro-Kann (12)      B17 B12 B18 B14 B15  French Defense (10)      C03 C07 C10 C06 C04  French Tarrasch (9)      C03 C07 C06 C04 C05  Ruy Lopez (8)      C86 C91 C78 C67 C85  Two Knights (6)      C55 C56	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (25)      C78 C64 C68 C60 C69  King's Indian (21)      E73 E94 E97 E63 E91  Queen's Pawn Game (6)      A45 D02  Ruy Lopez Exchange (5)      C68 C69 C85  Ruy Lopez, Closed (5)      C85 C96 C84 C99 C90  Slav (5)      D10 D16 D11 D17

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G Lane vs J Flesch, 1983 1-0
   B Cafferty vs G Lane, 1981 1/2-1/2
   G Lane vs M Wojnar, 2006 1-0
   G Lane vs S Djuric, 2001 1-0
   G Lane vs Short, 2004 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   36th Olympiad (2004)
   37th Chess Olympiad (2006)
   Queenstown Classic (2006)
   British Championship (2009)

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GARY W LANE (born Nov-04-1964) United Kingdom (citizen of Australia) [what is this?] Gary William Lane was awarded the FM title in 1984, became an International Master in 1987, and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. He once coached Michael Adams in his early years. Lane moved to Australia in 2000, won the Australian Chess Championship in 2004, and represented Australia in the 2002, 2004 and 2006 chess Olympiads. He participated in the FIDE World Cup (2005), bowing out in round 2 to Baadur Jobava, after winning in a walkover in round one. In 2012 he won the George Trundle New Zealand Masters and the South Island Championship 2012. Lane is a popular and respected chess author, having written over 20 chess books*. He is married to WIM Nancy Lane. Lane's rating as at 1 May 2013 is 2412, making him Australia's 8th ranked player. His peak rating was 2464 in July 2001. * Listed at Wikipedia article: Gary Lane.

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 181  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Spassky vs G Lane 0-1 31 1979 SMX London C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 2. G Lane vs Nunn 1-0 23 1980 Stroud B23 Sicilian, Closed 3. D King vs G Lane   1-0 29 1980 BCF-ch A04 Reti Opening 4. I Thompson vs G Lane   0-1 54 1981 BCF-ch A25 English 5. B Cafferty vs G Lane   ½-½ 59 1981 Morecambe C52 Evans Gambit 6. R McMichael vs G Lane   0-1 50 1981 BCF-ch C77 Ruy Lopez 7. P J Romilly vs G Lane 1-0 18 1981 BCF-ch C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. G Lane vs G Law   0-1 48 1981 Morecambe (Great Britain) C56 Two Knights 9. P Littlewood vs G Lane   1-0 34 1981 BCF-ch A81 Dutch 10. G Lane vs R Nokes   ½-½ 33 1981 BCF-ch B12 Caro-Kann Defense 11. G Lane vs J Flesch 1-0 10 1983 Ramsgate B22 Sicilian, Alapin 12. K Shirazi vs G Lane 1-0 20 1983 Los Angeles C42 Petrov Defense 13. Kasparov vs G Lane   ½-½ 36 1984 London/New York sim E91 King's Indian 14. Wahls vs G Lane 1-0 22 1985 Malmo C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 15. M J Freeman vs G Lane   ½-½ 29 1986 West of England Championship E73 King's Indian 16. Adams vs G Lane   ½-½ 42 1987 London NWYM C60 Ruy Lopez 17. Igor Ivanov vs G Lane   ½-½ 43 1987 Ch Great Britain C60 Ruy Lopez 18. Hebden vs G Lane 1-0 20 1987 London C30 King's Gambit Declined 19. A Delanoy vs G Lane   0-1 30 1987 Hastings-B C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 20. G Lane vs B Jacobs   1-0 36 1987 It (open) C55 Two Knights Defense 21. Chandler vs G Lane   1-0 33 1988 Ch Great Britain C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 22. G Lane vs Arkell   0-1 41 1988 Paignton Open B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 23. N Carr vs G Lane 0-1 38 1988 GBR-ch Blackpool C26 Vienna 24. Popovych vs G Lane 1-0 31 1988 Philadelphia op C30 King's Gambit Declined 25. A Kosten vs G Lane 1-0 39 1988 Schueneck (Germany) C50 Giuoco Piano  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 181

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-30-05    larrewl: Lane may have gotten a Round 1 bye as a result of Akopian's illness but he's already lost the first game of Round 2 to Baadur Jobava of Georgia. I think his WCC 2005 luck has run out. Nov-30-05    alicefujimori: Gary Lane actually wrote some nice chess books. "Winning with the Scotch" was one of them. Although that book was written in 1991-1992, a lot of the theory in there are still relevant today. Dec-05-05    tintin: Yes, he has been knocked out, what a shame. But at least the SOCCEROOS are in the WORLD CUP, hooray! I love your message <Phoenix>, "Go Gary, go!", Classic! (or perhaps you haven't seen the ad and it wasn't supposed to be a joke?) Mar-03-06    BelgianBeer: I have a couple of his recent puzzle books called Find the winning move and Find the Checkmate published by Batsford. They are rather good and worth reading. Mar-03-06    YouRang: <BelgianBeer> I bought that 'Find the Winning Move' book too. I enjoyed it, but there were a number of errors in it. Nov-04-06    BIDMONFA: Gary W Lane LANE, Gary W. http://www.bidmonfa.com/lane_gary.htm _ Jan-05-07    twinlark: <Ilgiz Tashkhodzhaev> That's not very nice, but it's hilarious. Feb-17-08    whiteshark: Gary W Lane is in my ears and in my eyes. There beneath the blue suburban skies...Gary W Lane Jun-23-08    jon01: I am currently reading his new book "Improve Your Chess In 7 Days". Oct-06-08    GrahamClayton: <BelgianBeer>I have a couple of his recent puzzle books called Find the winning move and Find the Checkmate published by Batsford. They are rather good and worth reading. <BelgianBeer>I also have those books as well. I am currently working my way through them. I have actually met Gary. He married the daughter of Brian Jones, who runs the Australian Chess Enterprises shop, which is a 10 minute drive from where I live. I dropped in one day to have a look, and found him minding the store! We had a good chat for about 30 minutes on all sorts of topics. He is a very nice chap! Oct-06-08    Open Defence: < BelgianBeer > here is to an Achel (Trappist) Blond Oct-06-08    WannaBe: What is a Trappist (monk) doing with a blond?? =) Oct-06-08    Open Defence: < WannaBe: What is a Trappist (monk) doing with a blond?? =) > celebrating <yeaster> Aug-04-09    Dredge Rivers: Gary Lane is in my ears and in my eyes! :) Aug-04-09    Joshka: There, beneath the blue suburban skies.... Aug-06-09    Dredge Rivers: I sit and meanwhile back. Nov-04-09    Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!!Gary W Lane!!! Mar-19-11    SvetlanaBabe: Brian Jones is a lying fiend, makes up stories about other chess players. Dishonest creep. Mar-19-11    Benzol: <SvetlanaBabe> Is it this Brian Jones that you're talking about? If so why did post here at the Gary Lane page? Could you elaborate more about what you've said? Mar-19-11    OhioChessFan: I think it was this Brian Jones: http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/... Mar-19-11    HeMateMe: Rough photo. I think Brian looked better when they found him at the bottem of the swimming pool. Apr-09-11    wordfunph: "The bad news is time flies when you study chess; the good news is that you're the pilot." - IM Gary Lane (from his book Prepare to Attack) Nov-04-11    twinlark: Happy birthday, Gary! Jan-22-12    Dredge Rivers: Gary Lane is in my ears and in my eyes! Jul-05-12    Nightsurfer: <Gary W Lane> has written an inspiring book, namely <"The Ultimate Closed Sicilian"> - you will find a review here: http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_op... - , and <"the standard attack"> that has been the main theme of <"The Ultimate Closed Sicilian"> , that has been the leitmotiv of the encounter R Gralla vs J Groetzbach, 2009 , with the result that <"the standard attack"> has worked out some painful goofs by White player notwithstanding! < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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