Madalien2

Hi! A special welcome to adult beginners and juniors!

WHAT I DO:

• My first ever Chessable course ‘Learn to Counterattack: Essential Guide to Active Defense’ has been published! https://www.chessable.com/learn-to-counterattack-essential-guide-to-active-defense/course/214228/ Thank you to WIM Natasha Regan, NI Matt Ball and the Chessable team. So so grateful!
  
• Check out my chess course 'Understand Chess Better / Beginner to Intermediate' for adult and junior beginners on Udemy. I have created an online chess course covering the chess topics to give you a structure to progress to the Intermediate level. 
• I run individual regular or one-off guidance lessons to help you in your chess studying! 
• I run lessons via Zoom and screen sharing.
• Check out my website https://dagnechess.co.uk/ for more information on how I can help you to improve.
• On my website, I have a recommended chess books section for keen readers.

HOW I CAN HELP YOU:

• I can point out what you need to improve urgently to play chess better now.
• To give you a quick overview of what it is important to cover in chess to progress.
• To explain chess strategy.
• To check if your calculation skills are up to the standard.
• To answer any chess-related questions.
• To give you a structure of what a chess player needs to work on and point out chess tools and materials to achieve that.
• To analyse your games.

ABOUT ME:

• My name is Dagne. I am the International Master with one Grandmaster norm as well as the Woman Grandmaster.

• My peak ELO rating - 2450.

• I have played professionally and taught chess for 35+ years.

• I have participated in 8 Women's Chess Olympiads as well as European Women's Chess Championships.

• A gold medalist on the 1st board at the European Women's Chess Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.

• A qualifier of the last 16 players at the Women's World Chess Championship 2001.

• A champion of the Interzonal (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) Chess Tournament, a qualifier to the Women's Candidates tournament.

• 4 times Lithuanian Women's Chess Champion.

• The winner of many prizes in various chess tournaments.

• I have a Bachelor of Psychology degree from Vilnius University (Lithuania).