Wow!
03.12.2025 11:25 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 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".
Wow!
03.12.2025 11:25 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0More Dublin chess!
03.12.2025 11:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Who remembers Chess Tinder?- introducing Grandmaster Julian Hodgson. #chess #chessTinder
28.11.2025 10:57 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Somebody else appreciates chess openings
13.11.2025 08:30 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 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 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I wrote about the same move in my C3 Sicilian book published in 1990 (!)
13.11.2025 02:14 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 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 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Chess player called Gary Lane
In a book I am described as sharp-tongued and a chess gossip.
Should I sue? ๐ #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 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 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 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Is it too late to become a chess master?? #chess #chessmaster
26.09.2025 10:18 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Spassky described Watson's attacking style as like watching "a drunken machine gunner".
18.09.2025 03:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 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 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0You have to be more patient. Was this in Torquay?
08.09.2025 10:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0We can all agree on this one
08.09.2025 10:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Record-breaker: Leonard Bardenโs chess column celebrates 70 years and a place in history www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
06.09.2025 11:20 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Who remembers Tele-Chess games from the 1980s?
05.09.2025 08:24 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0More chess
05.09.2025 01:01 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0An old chess interview that I did in a pub garden! #chess #chessinterview
youtu.be/yfFWWwDnCKI?...
A quiz! #chess #chesstrivia
02.09.2025 23:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Australia loves chess! ๐จ๐ #chess #chessvideo
01.09.2025 09:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A soccer ball and some chess pieces
Join the free FPL league for chess players join ACE Chess League
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#fpl
Books that are no longer useful
27.08.2025 00:33 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Brian Jones (1947-2025) RIP My father-in-law and well known Australian player and chess organiser has died aged 78 from complications due to liver cancer.
A regular in Northern England tournaments during the 70s and 80s he emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1987.
I think you might be right
11.08.2025 06:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Today is Angus Dunningtonโs birthday. The chess author and poker player looks the same nowadays! In this nationwide UK chess documentary we give a Masterclass in acting.๐ #chess #chessTV #britishchess
09.08.2025 09:02 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0M Gavin Wall has sadly died. His family revealed he had a suspected heart attack. Photo by John Upham from 2013. He was a captain and player in many teams, in 4NCL, in London and in Bundesliga, as well as an Olympian for Ireland. #Chess
31.07.2025 01:56 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Join the free chess players Fantasy Football League. Previous winners have included Peter Heine Nielson. #chess #FPL
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