Gary William Lane (born November 1964) is a British-Australian chess player and author.

In the 1980s the ITV documentary "To Kill a King" was screened nationwide in Great Britain.

[1] After his marriage to Woman International Master Nancy Jones, he moved to Australia, winning the Australian Chess Championship in 2004.

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.

At the 2nd Fiji International Open Chess Tournament Lane dominated the event winning with the perfect score of 7/7.

[12] In 2021 a chess themed café in Sydney called Queenside introduced the GARY LANE (big breakfast roll) [13] It is a warm bun with bacon, egg, confit mushrooms, hash brown, vintage cheddar, HP sauce and potato crisps.