We are pleased to report that the leading video sharing site in the world YouTube has invited Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk to create a “Guru channel” and present her videos for free to the world. YouTube has offered Alexandra the channel name “ChessQueen” so you will be able to reach it by simply clicking or typing youtube.com/chessqueen in your browser. We hope that this new medium will bring many more people to the wonderful world of chess. Alexandra has recently posted 6 videos to the channel but has many more (including exclusive ones) in the pipeline. Please go to her channel and subscribe to it, you will then automatically be notified of new free videos. Also, feel free to rate and put your comments about the videos so Alexandra has some feedback and can give you the types of videos you like best. Enjoy!

The very successful 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg just ended, and Alexandra was a VIP guest to politicians and business leaders alike. You can see her on the photo playing the Krasnoyarsk Region Governor Khloponin. Alexandra also met very important politicians like Premier Alexander Zhukov and she played over 20 speed games with President Medvedev’s Aide Arkady Dvorkovich in between VIP simuls. Pufichek created a photo album for you, you can have a look at it by clicking here.