| Rita Varnienė | |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Vilkaviškis, Lithuania |
| Rating: | 2101 (May 2012) |
| Peakrating: | 2219 (July 2002) |
| Fideid: | 12800651 |
Rita Varnienė (Dambravaitė, born 9 May 1973) is a Lithuania chess player. She is a two-time winner of the Lithuanian Chess Championship (1991, 1999).
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]
Since 2007 participating in chess tournaments rarely.
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]