ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK (born Apr-23-1984, 41 years old) Russia (federation/nationality Switzerland) PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Alexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm, Russia. She was taught the game at the age of five by her father, Konstantin Vladimirovich Kosteniuk. Her younger sister, Oksana Kosteniuk, is a WFM. In September 2008, she scaled the summit of women's chess when she became the 14th Women's World Chess Champion after winning the final of the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2008) against Yifan Hou by 2.5 to 1.5. In December 2010, she conceded her crown when she bowed out in the third round to finalist Lufei Ruan. She again contested the championship at the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalija Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia's top board to secure their team their winning finish(2). A WGM since age 14, an IM at 16, and a GM at 20, Kosteniuk has featured prominently in various regional and world age title competitions, including winning the Girls U10 European Championship in Herculane in 1994, the Girls Under 12 European Championship in Rimavaska Sobota in 1996, and the Girls Under 12 World Championship in Minorca in 1996. In 2001, at the age of 17, she was runner up to Chen Zhu for the Women's World Championship. In 2000 and 2004, Kosteniuk was second in the Russian Women's Championships but went one better in 2005 when she won that Championship with a score of 9/11 and a 2691 performance rating. Other prominent tournament successes include winning the First European Women's Championship that was held in Dresden in 2004, and equal second behind Humpy Koneru in the 2005 North Urals Cup. In 2010 she came fifth in the Russian Women's Championship and in 2011 she won the Moscow Open 2011B - Young GMs with 7/9. Also in 2011, she won the Swiss Women's Championship. In 2013 she won both the women's and men's Swiss titles. Kosteniuk became the inaugural Fischerandom (Chess960) Women's World Champion in 2006, and successfully defended her title in 2008 against Kateryna Lagno. There did not appear to be a Fischerandom world championship in 2010, and Kosteniuk is therefore still the women's world titleholder for this form of chess. She has captured the public's eye by appearing in a Russian film, doing many product promotions, fashion modeling, and appearing in fashion magazines. She produces a popular series of chess podcasts, and maintains a chess website http://www.kosteniuk.com/ Live rating (women): http://chesspro.ru/guestnew/looknul... Her website: http://www.kosteniuk.com/ and her web photo album http://www.kosteniuk.com/en/albums/... References / Sources (1) Wikipedia article: Alexandra Kosteniuk, (2) http://ugra2017.fide.com/rating-sta... Last updated: 2023-03-03 16:40:02

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page 1 of 90; games 1-25 of 2,240  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kosteniuk vs N Pkhakadze   1-0 41 1994 Wch U10 Girls D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Kosteniuk vs B Farhat 1-0 43 1994 Wch U10 Girls B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 3. Kosteniuk vs S Cherednichenko 0-1 40 1994 Wch U10 Girls B06 Robatsch 4. Kosteniuk vs L Javakhishvili   ½-½ 32 1996 EU-ch U12 Girls B06 Robatsch 5. K Rybenko vs Kosteniuk 1-0 42 1996 Volgograd op C45 Scotch Game 6. Kosteniuk vs V Belov 0-1 79 1996 Kasparov Cup op B33 Sicilian 7. Kosteniuk vs L Kritz 0-1 27 1996 Moscow Open Championship C29 Vienna Gambit 8. Kosteniuk vs DA Iotchis   1-0 50 1996 Moscow Open Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 9. Kosteniuk vs E Najer   0-1 31 1996 Moscow Open Championship C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 10. E Mirzoeva vs Kosteniuk   0-1 70 1996 Kasparov Cup op C26 Vienna 11. A Riazantsev vs Kosteniuk   1-0 75 1996 Moscow Open Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 12. A Lundina vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 28 1996 Moscow Open Championship A10 English 13. A P Abramov vs Kosteniuk   0-1 84 1996 Moscow Open Championship A10 English 14. M Bereslavsky vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 54 1996 Moscow Open Championship B30 Sicilian 15. Kosteniuk vs V Baikov   0-1 37 1996 Moscow Open Championship B57 Sicilian 16. Kosteniuk vs B Grachev   1-0 61 1996 Moscow Open Championship C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 17. A Mitenkov vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 78 1996 Moscow Open Championship D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 18. N Kosintseva vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 55 1996 EU-ch U12 Girls B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. Kosteniuk vs L Javakhishvili   1-0 68 1996 Wch U12 Girls B06 Robatsch 20. Kosteniuk vs N Kosintseva 1-0 68 1996 Wch U12 Girls C29 Vienna Gambit 21. N Seferjan vs Kosteniuk   1-0 51 1997 Pripis mem B22 Sicilian, Alapin 22. M Perez Candelario vs Kosteniuk 0-1 27 1997 It (open) (juniors) D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 23. E Vorobiov vs Kosteniuk   1-0 66 1997 Pripis mem B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 24. A Yangel vs Kosteniuk   0-1 33 1997 RUS-ch (Women) A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 25. Kosteniuk vs J Movsesian   1-0 37 1998 Ch Russia (w) (1 liga) B20 Sicilian  page 1 of 90; games 1-25 of 2,240

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 47 OF 47 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-01-17    HeMateMe: from an Elle photo shoot <https://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/...> Oct-24-17    sonia91: She won the European Women's Blitz Championship in Monte Carlo with 10.5/13. Anna Muzychuk won the Rapid championship: http://www.fide.com/component/conte... Feb-02-18    HeMateMe: go Alex! <http://i.imgur.com/Dw2HY.jpg> Feb-03-18    HeMateMe: Cosmo magazine, published in Russia: <http://chessqueen.com/wp-content/up...> Nov-15-18    HeMateMe: The assassin wore a bow tie: <https://en.chessbase.com/portals/al...> Nov-15-18    Count Wedgemore: In her profile pic on the top of the page, it seems like she doesn't have any..ehm.. Uhh, what I wanted to say is this: the bottom part of the picture seems to be missing. Can someone please just upload the full photo to me personally? Thanks so much in advance. I promise to share it with <HMM>, in a discrete manner, of course. I am to be found at: theCount@SecretMailStuff.com Nov-15-18    JimNorCal: Discrete or discreet, Count? Nov-15-18    Count Wedgemore: I guess discreet is the better word here, <JimNorCal>. Thanks for the correction! But seriously, just look at the photo! It sure looks like she's not wearing any..right? Okay, time to move on. This is me moving on.. As you were. Nov-15-18    HeMateMe: maybe it's a still from Planet of the Apes? All of the humans are unclothed barbarians. Nov-17-18    JimNorCal: Don't let posso see this discussion LOL! He's on a quest to encourage respect of the ladies and for us to-- Refrain from judging appearances. No comments about personal matters like marital status. Stop behaving like 14 year old boys. Good luck with that! On a related topic, an old joke: Why is a man like a US Savings Bond? They both take 25 years to mature. Nov-17-18    keypusher: I realize no one is looking for a serious response, but I think Kosteniuk's picture is clipped from a photo with <joshka> (and Kosteniuk is, of course, clothed). It's the source of his profile pic. Nov-26-18    HeMateMe: ah, she's so beautiful <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvj...> the English is dubbed in here, but her English is perfect, now. Nov-29-19    Albertan: Alexandra Kosteniuk is the European Women's Blitz Champion 2019! With 10 points in 13 games, she is the sole winner of the event in Monaco.You can view the results of the tournament at: http://chess-results.com/tnr467803.... Nov-29-19    HeMateMe: hey, just when you think she's getting a bit old and being eclipsed, AK puts up a heavy result like that! Thanks for the link, mate. Mar-22-21    Joshka: <keypusher> Yes Alexandra was in a photo with me at a meet and greet. Karpov was also there. Yes fully dressed;-) Her husband was always near by as well. May-15-21    macer75: <posoo: NOW we have kabbitzers just ASUMING dat dis lady wants to pose NAKED for them in a mugazine! NOBODY GOS ON to Krumnik's page and asks to see HIM with no clofes on. WHY HERE? SHOWVANISM.> Well-said. Jun-03-21    offramp: There's a new guy called TOMMY CHESS. He's very similar to POSOO but Tommy is far more up to date and wittier and cleverer and funnier. No wonder POSOO is sulking. Aug-02-21    Albertan: Kosteniuk dodges bullet takes lead: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202... Jan-07-22    Whitehat1963: Seems to be very good in games with faster time controls. Feb-25-22    Messiah: https://twitter.com/chessqueen/stat... Jan-04-23    MissScarlett: She's switching allegiance to the Swiss federation from 2024: https://www.swisschess.ch/news-112/... Mar-03-23    MissScarlett: From today: <Alexandra Kosteniuk @chessqueen Now it’s official. Representing Switzerland since 03-03-2023.> https://twitter.com/chessqueen/stat... Nov-15-23    waustad: With online options available, she can play in the European team champs and a women’s blitz championship concurrently. I suspect that the day she plays Vaishali R the Swiss will not have her playing. Nov-15-23    HeMateMe: I wonder who inherited Viktor Korchnoi's Swiss chalet? He lived there and represented Switzerland in chess, after defecting from the USSR. I'm assuming Switzerland has some sort of chess museum. It'd be nice if some of this hardware had ended up there <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> the kid is small, but has a big appetite! <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> Mar-25-25    Youcefattoui: Her Immortal game : Kosteniuk vs I Krush, 2021 Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 47) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 47 OF 47 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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