Chess coaches

Dagne Ciuksyte

My Chess Achievements:

1. I started playing chess at the age of 6 (I believe you can never be too young or too old to learn!).
2. During my professional chess career, I have achieved the titles of Woman Grandmaster  and  International Master (with one Grandmaster norm) as well as an ELO rating of 2450 at the peak time of my career.
3. I have played for Lithuania’s and England’s Women National Team at The World Chess Olympiads and the European Team Chess Championships for more than 10 years.
4. Now, having a family of my own, I’m concentrating on sharing the chess knowledge I gained with my students.
5. In pre-pandemic years I was a leading coach at Cambridge Girls Chess Initiative: https://www.facebook.com/cambridge.girls.chess.initiative/

Cambridge Girls Chess Initiative

Cambridge Girls Chess Initiative. 111 likes. The Cambridge Girls Chess Initiative encourages young girls in Cambridge to take up chess.

Dagne Ciuksyte’s chess articles and blog posts:

On ChessBase News Website is here

Chess coaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

IM Dagne Ciuksyte has represented Lithuania and England in Chess Olympiads. Her peak FIDE rating was 2450. Now she coaches chess, in the shadow of COVID-19. Inspired by a ChessBase article, she is adding “chess writing” to her career. WIM ALEXEY ROOT interviews Dagne Ciuksyte.

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Chess Variants: Entertaining, fun, instructive

Classical chess is fine and fun. However, variety might add some spice to your chess life. Which is why Dagne Ciuksyte enjoys chess variants. They are fun, they are surprinsingly instructive and they help your classical chess. Here are some chess variants you might want to try.

 On Chess.com website is here

How To Win Games Quickly

Many games can be won when playing with full concentration from the first move. I share with you 10 of my shortest wins and the reasons behind it below. 1. Speedy Development From the start of the game, we try to develop our pieces. Even better if we can get it done quicker than our opponent. And ev…

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Coach Of The Month: IM Dagne Ciuksyte

IM Dagne Ciuksyte is a Lithuanian-born chess player and coach who now represents England on an international level. She has competed in some of the biggest chess tournaments in the world, including the Women’s Chess Olympiad and Women’s World Championship. In addition to her competitive playing care…

My fees are £45 for a one-off guidance lesson. If you book five intensive and enriching sessions in bulk for £200, it will cost £ 40 an hour!

When it comes to juniors, have a look at our Online Chess Lessons page to see what we offer!