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Tijana Mandura

I am a 27-year-old Woman Grandmaster (WGM) with a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems and Technology from the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Belgrade. Coming from a chess family—my father is a Grandmaster and my mother is a Woman FIDE Master—I have been playing chess since the age of five.

My playing experience includes winning a bronze medal at the World Youth Chess Championship Under 18 in Halkidiki in 2015 and another bronze at the European Youth Chess Championship Under 18 in Poreč the same year. I have been a standard member of my national team, representing my country in five Chess Olympiads and four European Team Championships. In 2015, I was selected for Susan Polgar's Camp in Vienna as one of the ten most talented girls in the world under 20. More recently, I won a gold medal on board five at the European Team Chess Championship in 2023.

In my private lessons, students are encouraged to send me links to their chess profiles on platforms like Lichess or Chess.com, or at least ten of their games, whether classical, rapid, or blitz. Based on their gameplay, I analyze recurring mistakes and structure lessons around them. Depending on their needs, we can cover topics such as planning in different types of positions, position evaluation based on key factors, endgames at various levels, tactics, strategy, pawn structures, piece activity, common motifs, and opening principles. If a student has specific topics they want to focus on, they should let me know in advance so I can prepare the material accordingly.

Another option is to play a few training games with the student and then analyze them together. Regardless of the approach, I emphasize the thought process and psychological aspects of chess, sharing my reasoning behind moves and helping students develop a structured way of thinking. After each lesson, I provide a summary of everything covered, along with homework and additional study materials to reinforce learning.

Bereich

Schach

Stufe

Berufslehre, Gymnasialstufe, Oberstufe, Primarstufe, Sekundarstufe

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