Alexandra just got back from Plovdiv (Bulgaria), where she took part in the European Team Chess Championships, member the National team of Russia, together with Alisa Galliamova and Svetlana Matveeva. The team took bronze in the Championships, and Alexandra got a gold medal for best result on her board (4.5 out of 6). We have a monster photo album for you, with 119 photos of the event (photos of the tournament, of Alexandra, her teammates, other players in the men’s and women’s tournaments). Enjoy! If you played in the championships, and you recognize yourself on a photo from our album, send us an email and we will send you (for free, of course) your photo by email.

Alexandra just got back from the 8th European Club Cup for Women in Rethymnon, Crete (Greece). Her team, Internet CG Podgorica obtained a wonderful first place in the competition, ahead of the strong Georgians girls and the Team Ladya of Kazan headed by Galliamova. You can see lots of photos from the event by clicking here. www.kosteniuk.com is also proud to present photos of all of the participants of this women’s championship online. Enjoy! You can also view Alexandra’s 7 games (in which she got 5.5 points) by clicking here

Alexandra played in the Famous Young Masters Tournament in Lausanne, Switzerland, which counted 8 of the strongest young (U-20) chess players of the planet, 6 boys and 2 girls. Alexandra played quite well and her result was as expected, she started number 6 by ELO ranking and she finished 6th in the tournament. She missed a very good opportunity in a very interesting game against GM Mamedyarov and won convincingly in a nice positional game against Elisabeth Paehtz. In the photo to the left you see Alexandra playing against Sergei Karjakin (she drew this game). We will give you all the games in a few days, but for now, you can enjoy many photos of the event by clicking here. We have also many photos of the Open tournament and you can see them by clicking here.

Alexandra was in Amsterdam yesterday September 6 and played the first ever simul in cell phone “i-mode”, created by the company Mobile Excellence and offered by many cellular phone operators in Europe (check the site at http://www.w-chess.com/ for details). She played against 6 players, who started the game in 6 different locations in Holland and travelled to the Theater de Balie while playing moves on their cell phones! Look at our photos here. This new technology really brings chess to the masses, allowing you to play chess anywhere your phone works, it’s cool, try it out!

Alexandra just got back from the 8th European Club Cup for Women in Rethymnon, Crete (Greece). Her team, Internet CG Podgorica obtained a wonderful first place in the competition, ahead of the strong Georgians girls and the Team Ladya of Kazan headed by Galliamova. You can see lots of photos from the event by clicking here. www.kosteniuk.com is also proud to present photos of all of the participants of this women’s championship online. Enjoy! You can also view Alexandra’s 7 games (in which she got 5.5 points) by clicking here