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 91; games 1-25 of 2,258  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 91; games 1-25 of 2,258

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 44 OF 47 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-30-12    JeffCaruso: Kosteniuk is 3-0 after Rd. 3. See http://www.chessolympiadistanbul.com/ Aug-31-12    waustad: It's a Swiss so the competition will keep getting harder as long as they keep winning. Tomorrow they get the Czech Republic. Nov-06-12    waustad: OK, next b'day please make it Pia for her 50th and then a year after hers for her 30th. Nov-06-12    vinidivici: beautiful GM doesnt come often!! Nov-06-12    Abdel Irada: Who says beauty plus brains equals a constant? Nov-06-12    HeMateMe: She's still a Babezilla. We need a new photo, please. Nov-06-12    Travis Bickle: GM Kosteniuk you're Chessgames.com Player of the Day! How about a sexy photo at the board. ; P Jan-27-13    schnarre: http://www.kosteniuk.com/albums/pwh... ...Still a favorite pic! Apr-12-13    waustad: Here is a nice vid of her at a simul with kids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur... Apr-23-13    brankat: Happy Birthday Alexandra! Apr-23-13    HeMateMe: 29, approaching the big 30...She doesnt' seem to do the photo layouts anymore. Just a passing fancy, I guess. A good photo on this page would be nice. Apr-23-13    waustad: First annual 29th! Jul-17-13    Thanh Phan: Very nice interview, talks about the history and schools of chess she learned with and teaching chess, her views on the future of chess with computers and critics, and the value of learning chess, the article is in Russian http://www.nashagazeta.ch/news/peop... Jul-20-13    cro777: Alexandra Kosteniuk won the 2013 Swiss National Chess Championship (in men's competition)!! The Championship (9 round Swiss with a classical time control) took place from 11th-19th July in Grächen, a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. 87 players from seven different countries signed up to participate, including 8 Grandmasters and 8 International Masters. French GM Christian Bauer was the first seed, followed by Serbian Mihajlo Stojanovic and French GM Andrei Sokolov. In the tie-break match Kosteniuk defeated Buss 2:0. In the 113 years long history of the Swiss championships a woman won the championship. (Kosteniuk has the Russian and the Swiss citizenship). Jul-20-13    BlackFront: <French GM Christian Bauer was the first seed, followed by Serbian Mihajlo Stojanovic and French GM Andrei Sokolov> Do they have dual nationality, as well, or were they competing hors concours? Jul-20-13    cro777: It seems they played hors concours. http://chess-results.com/tnr106172.... Jul-21-13    HeMateMe: A seven minute documentary about AK: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvjU...> Jul-21-13    BlackFront: Congrats to Alexandra on coming 7th...equal 2nd...her magnificent and historical victory! Jul-21-13    BlackFront: <@chessqueen 23h RT @ChessClubLive congrats @chessqueen Swiss national champion - history made become first female national all-comers champion.> She's certainly a GM of self-promotion. She could challenge Susan Polgar for her world title. Jul-21-13    perfidious: <BlackFront: (Kosteniuk is) certainly a GM of self-promotion. She could challenge Susan Polgar for her world title.> So sez a jealous misogynist. Jul-22-13    cro777: Thanks to her dual Swiss-Russian citizenship, Alexandra Kosteniuk has been invited to fight for the National Swiss Championship for the 5th time this year. The last 4 years she was close to the top but not quite first. This year she won both the women’s and men’s national chess titles. http://chessqueen.com/wp-content/up... Jul-22-13    cro777: European Women's Championship 2013 has been opened in Belgrade, Serbia. In the first round, on Tuesday, 23rd July, Kosteniuk meets WIM Pavlidu Ekaterini from Greece. Sep-28-13    PhilFeeley: Missing Kosteniuk - Skripchenko, 2004. A rapid game with the Philidor opening. Apparently Skripchenko botched it early, but I don't have the moves. Oct-14-13    Cemoblanca: Kosteniuk's typical foot position: http://www.chessbase.de/portals/3/f... ;) BTW: Congrats for the 2nd place at the 63rd Russian Championship. Apr-09-14    waustad: She was the only player as black today to hold a draw in the Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix first round: http://khantymansiysk2014.fide.com/... It will probably be here soon. In one other game, Batchimeg Tuvshintugs missed a perpetual check against Anna Muzychuk during a time scramble. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 47) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 44 OF 47 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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