The Polgars!
04.03.2026 12:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@garylanechess.bsky.social
Chess player and writer. International Master, nowadays living in Sydney, Australia. I once asked Magnus Carlsen a very long question at a press conference in Siberia, Russia and he said "No".
The Polgars!
04.03.2026 12:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ron also famously lost to Alekhine and Menchik on the same day. He was Devon captain in my era
27.02.2026 11:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is this a parody account?
21.02.2026 06:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great books by a top author
27.01.2026 10:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is me playing the star player on NCIS Sydney series 3 episode 5. Part 2 follows soon. #chess #chessfilms
23.12.2025 04:52 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
A Paul Smith advert featuring the actor Walton Goggins BUT the cheap chess pieces makes it look really, really weird :-)
Or is it just me? #Chess
Who remembers the Karpov and Polugaevsky simultaneous display at Chichester, UK 1984?
14.12.2025 10:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nobody knows for sure why GM Neil McDonald gave up international junior chess coaching but being a mentor to Tom Rendle might be a clue :-)
11.12.2025 10:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When a Chess Player needs Google translate #chess
07.12.2025 08:36 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow!
03.12.2025 11:25 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More Dublin chess!
03.12.2025 11:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Who remembers Chess Tinder?- introducing Grandmaster Julian Hodgson. #chess #chessTinder
28.11.2025 10:57 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Somebody else appreciates chess openings
13.11.2025 08:30 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0I noticed his brilliant last round game as I wrote about the same move in my C3 Sicilian book published in 1990 (!)
13.11.2025 02:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wrote about the same move in my C3 Sicilian book published in 1990 (!)
13.11.2025 02:14 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In NCIS Sydney, series 3 episode 5 White is Black, Chess player Gary Lane plays against the star female chess prodigy from Iran.
In the USA tonight there are lots of chess scenes in NCIS Sydney in episode 5 Black is white. I played against the star player in a few scenes. More money was spent on arranging a realistic chess tournament than any event ever held in Australia. #NCISSYDNEY #chess #USAChess
11.11.2025 21:19 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Chess player called Gary Lane
In a book I am described as sharp-tongued and a chess gossip.
Should I sue? π #chess
So sad. #danielnaroditsky #chess
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
Our future life? #chess
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Teresa Needham and Gary Lane are chess players displaying a chess computer from 1982
An era where you could still beat a chess computer #chess #chesscomputer #1980s
16.10.2025 09:28 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Chess in the 90s. Three Tuns pub, after a round at Lloyds Bank in London. Before the era where we had to over prepare with computers... #chess #chess90s
10.10.2025 10:59 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is it too late to become a chess master?? #chess #chessmaster
26.09.2025 10:18 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Spassky described Watson's attacking style as like watching "a drunken machine gunner".
18.09.2025 03:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0British Chess Championship players from the Edinburgh event in 1985.
The British Chess championship 1985. Mark Hebden (Black) takes on Willie Watson.
17.09.2025 23:13 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You have to be more patient. Was this in Torquay?
08.09.2025 10:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We can all agree on this one
08.09.2025 10:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Record-breaker: Leonard Bardenβs chess column celebrates 70 years and a place in history www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
06.09.2025 11:20 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Who remembers Tele-Chess games from the 1980s?
05.09.2025 08:24 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0More chess
05.09.2025 01:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
An old chess interview that I did in a pub garden! #chess #chessinterview
youtu.be/yfFWWwDnCKI?...