Hi! A special welcome to adult beginners and juniors!

I am a professional chess coach. I run online chess lessons. My fees are £40 for a one-off guidance lesson of one hour or £35 for a regular chess lesson.

Have a look below at what I have achieved in the World of Chess over the years.

WHAT I DO:

My first ever Chessable course, ‘Learn to Counterattack: Essential Guide to Active Defence’, 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 grateful!
Also, the second one Castling in Chess; When, Where and Why is available from June 2025!

I run individual regular or one-off guidance lessons to help you to progress in chess.
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.

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 is important to cover in chess to progress.
To explain chess strategy.
To check if your calculation skills are up to 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).