Rita Varnienė

Rita Varnienė
Country Lithuania
Born (1973-05-09) 9 May 1973 (age 51)
Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
FIDE rating2101 (May 2012)
Peak rating2219 (July 2002)

Rita Varnienė (née Dambravaitė, born 9 May 1973) is a Lithuania chess player. She is a two-time winner of the Lithuanian Chess Championship (1991, 1999).

Biography

Her first chess coach is Kęstutis Dambrava.[1] In 1991 graduated from secondary school in Vilkaviškis and in 1995 graduated from Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) Faculty of Informatics.[2] In Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship she has won 2 gold (1991, 1999), 3 silver (1990, 1992, 2000) and 2 bronze medals (1993, 2002).

Rita Varnienė played for Lithuania in Chess Olympiads:[3][4]

Rita Varnienė played for Lithuania in European Team Chess Championship (women):[5]

  • In 1999, at second board in 3rd European Team Chess Championship (women) in Batumi (+3 −3 =3).

Since 2007 participating in chess tournaments rarely.

Sister

She has an older sister, Asta Dambravaitė (born 1971), who is also a chess player.[6] In Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship Asta Dambravaite has won 3 bronze medals (1991, 1992, 1997) but in 1992 played for Lithuania in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila at first reserve board (+5 -2 =3).[7]

References

  1. ^ "Santaka" (20. July 2007)
  2. ^ Rita Dambravaitė (Varnienė)
  3. ^ Women's Chess Olympiads: Rita Dambravaite
  4. ^ Women's Chess Olympiads: Rita Varniene
  5. ^ European Women's Team Chess Championship: Rita Varniene
  6. ^ FIDE Chess Profile: Dambravaite, Asta
  7. ^ Women's Chess Olympiads: Asta Dambravaite