Renata Turauskienė (née Domkutė, born 23 February 1969) is a Lithuanian

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player who holds the title of

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM, 2003). She is two times winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1988, 2001).

Biography

From the late 1980s to the early 2000s, Renate was one of the strongest female chess players in Lithuania. She is multiple medalist of the Lithuanian Women's Chess Championships, in which she won twice (1988, 2001) and was runner-up three times (1989, 2002, 2003). In 1989 Renate participated in the final of the USSR Women's Chess Championship in Volzhsky. Renata Turauskienė played for Lithuania in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

s: * In 1992, at second board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =2, -5), * In 2002, at first board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =5, -3). Renata Turauskienė played for Lithuania in the European Women's Team Chess Championships: * In 2003, at second board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+3, =3, -3). Also Renata Turauskienė known as a chess trainer. She was the first coach of the International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WG)

Deimantė Cornette Deimantė Cornette (born Deimantė Daulytė; 22 February 1989, in Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She played for France from 2021. She won the women's Lithuanian ...

and other Šiauliai chess players.Deimante Daulyte Interview
/ref> Her oldest sister is Lithuanian chess master

Vilma Paulauskienė Vilma Paulauskienė (née Domkutė, born 21 May 1966) is a Lithuanian chess player. She is winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1990). Biography From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, Vilma was one of the strongest female chess p ...

who won Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship in 1990.

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