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Alexandra Kosteniuk – Chess Grandmaster

26/12/2007 by Nikita

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News Article about Alexandra: 11th January 2009…the link will open in a new window.

http://www.miamiherald.com/277/story/847451.html

Winner of the World Women Chess Championship 2008

On this link- on my blog – you can follow her games of round 5 and round 6…against Yifan of China and see more pics of her too. https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/alexandra-kosteniuk-winner-of-nalchik/
To be honest, I haven’t known of the existence of Alexandra before, I think there are so many Chess Grandmasters that we don’t know of, but I want to blog her, as she is a female player! and I think more should be done to attract girls to play chess. Too many girls are still thinking chess is a boy’s game. Why do you think that is? If you go to my chess links, you will find a link saying… “Tube Chess”…follow that link for some good movies about her playing chess, but also about other chess players!

Alexandra Kosteniuk is the 10th woman in the world to have ever achieved the Grandmaster (men) title. She’s rated  sixth woman in the world, and #1 woman in Russia. She has a FIDE  ELO of 2515.
Alexandra had a great success at the annual New Year Blitz tournament organized by the Deputy Economy Minister Arkady Dvorkovich in Moscow. After qualifying in the semifinals, she won convincingly the final with 8 points out of 9 ahead of GM Najer –2635–7, GM Dlugy –2518– 6.5, GM Alekseev –2716– 6, GM Bareev –2653– 4.5, GM Vasiukov –2492– 4, etc.

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Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess movies, chess news | Tagged Alexandra Kosteniuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk images, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess models, chess movies, chess news, Kosteniuk, Kosteniuk Blitz, World Woman Chess Champion 2008 | 2 Comments

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  1. on 27/12/2007 at 12:55 boerinballingskap

    Nooit gedink ‘n skaakspeler kan sexy wees nie! Aan die anderkant moes ek geweet het…want JY is mos ook ‘n skaakspeler!


  2. on 27/12/2007 at 13:26 Nikita

    Hey Boer…het jy nie geweet dis “sexy” om skaak te speel nie! LOL!!..gaan kyk net na al daardie skaakfoto’s op die “chess pics” link! 🙂



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