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Archive for the ‘Chess’ CategoryMay 30th, 2011Kosteniuk Interview and Photos in Sharp Magazine June 2011
Today I got hold of the June 2011 issue of the magazine SHARP (Russian Edition), and found the long awaited interview I gave last month with some really beautiful pictures. As soon as I get permission from the publisher I will post some more, but for the moment here is a preview… Read more… May 29th, 2011Photos from the Kosteniuk Culinary Event in St. Petersburg
It’s a pleasure to share with you some of the best photos taken during the May 20 Culinary event (see the Press Release here), organized by the Norwegian Seafood Export Council in St. Petersburg, Russia. The photos were taken by photographer Alexandra Belensky (Александр Беленький) whom we thank for allowing us to use them in this post. As you can see from the images, everyone had a great time at this event! It was a great combination food and chess, like we had last year in Moscow. The goal of these chess-culinary classes is to prove that there is a little champion in each child and we just need to help kids to discover this talent. Healthy living habits, sport exercises and of course chess can help a kid to grow into a happier, healthier and smarter person. May 23rd, 2011Happy 60th Birthday to Anatoly Karpov
Today I’d like to wish a most wonderful birthday to the 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov. There is a lot that connects me to Anatoly, and not only our initials (we’re both “A.K.”!) In the photo you can see me getting an autograph from Anatoly when I was only 6 years old, in 1990. That autograph was one of my most prized possessions, and stimulated me to work hard on chess. Little did I know that Read more… May 22nd, 20111997 Eurovision Chess Documentary Kosteniuk To Become a Queen
Hello everyone! I looked back at all the documentary videos I have in my collection, and for sure one of the best, if not THE best is the following one, made by Eurovision, in 1997, when I had just won the Girls Under-12 World Chess Championship. The documentary is called “To Become a Queen”. As they say, “the rest is history…”. May 18th, 2011Kosteniuk to give Culinary Master Class in St. Petersburg on May 20, 2011
Now that the European Championship is over, tomorrow I fly to Moscow and then immediately to St. Petersburg where I will give a Culinary Master-Class with the Norwegian Seafood Council on May 20, 2011, at 4 PM at the Stroganoff Steak House (Строганофф Стейк Хауз). Below you can find the Press Release in English & Russian. You can also download the Russian Press Release or the English Press Release. I also have a blog on the site zdr.ru (in Russian about health). May 18th, 2011European Championship Tbilisi 2011 ends
May 6th, 2011Tbilisi sightseeing tour by Kosteniuk
Today I had a wonderful day in Tbilisi. I decided to do a little sightseeing since from tomorrow on I will be very busy with the tournament. In this post I will show you lots of photos of Tbilisi, it is so beautiful! So follow me on my journey! I started my visit by Read more… May 5th, 2011Women’s European Chess Championship 2011 in Tbilisi, Georgia
The first thing I noticed after arrival Read more… May 5th, 2011Kosteniuk Fashion Photos by Pufichek
May 5th, 2011Kosteniuk Fashion Photos by Pierre-William Henry
May 5th, 2011Kosteniuk Fashion Photos by Dolgina and Minkovich
May 5th, 2011Kosteniuk visits Macedonia, day 2
Hello everyone! As I promised earlier here is the post about my second day in Skopje. The day started with a morning TV-show program recording. Read more… May 2nd, 2011Kosteniuk visits Macedonia, day 1
Right now I’m in Skopje, the capital of FYROM (Makedonija). I was invited to Macedonia by the company Asseco (Асеко) in order to promote chess in the country. This company believes that chess can help kids perform better in school and later on in life. That’s why after the opening a chess club in Skopje which I visited today, they are also planning on starting chess programs in the schools of the Macedonia. They invited me to the country because they want to break the image of chess as a boring game for middle-aged people and bring more youth and kids to the game. May 2nd, 2011Kosteniuk visits chess factory in Orlov
After the Russian Team Championship and before the start of the women’s European Chess championship in Georgia on May 7 I had a small break between my chess tournaments, but not without chess. On April 29 by the invitation of the Governor of the Kirov region – Nikita Belyh I visited a very unique place – a chess factory in the Russian city of Orlov in the Kirov region of Russia. The factory was created in 1939 and starting from 1951 produces different chess sets. It’s one of the biggest chess sets producers in Russia and I was amazed by a chance to witness the birth of the chess pieces! See below for more photos. April 27th, 2011Kosteniuk Chess Games from Olginka
I present to you all my 7 games, in the pgn player below. April 19th, 2011Russian Team Chess Championships 2011
I present my games in the pgn viewer below. Select the game you want from the pull-down menu. Below you will find more games from this event. March 28th, 2011Chess and TennisIn less than 2 weeks I will be flying to Europe where I will be participating in many interesting chess tournaments such as the Russian Team Championship, the Russian Blitz and Rapid Championships and the Women’s Individual European Chess Championship. I will make sure to keep you posted about the results and my games. March 27th, 2011Detroit Chess gets Visit by Alexandra Kosteniuk
February 21st, 2011Kosteniuk Article in Russian Magazine ХлебСоль (BreadSalt)
February 6th, 2011My Games from The Moscow Chess Open 2011
I am pleased to report that I won the prestigious 2011 Moscow Chess Open Women’s Invitational, with 7/9. I made a long post on www.chessblog.com about it. By clicking on “more…” below you can watch all 9 games I played. Thanks to everyone on Twitter (English, Russian) and Facebook who supported me along the way. February 6th, 2011LIVE Game Munguntuul – Kosteniuk
Update February 6, 2011: The game just ended in a hard-fought draw, which benefits Alexandra since she has a better Berger coefficient (she beat stronger players such as Zhao Xue). So the big winner of the 2011 Moscow Open Women’s Invitational Chess Tournament is Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk! Read the post about the 2011 Moscow Chess Open on www.chessblog.com. February 5th, 2011LIVE Game Kosteniuk – Zawadzka
Click more… to see the game. January 3rd, 2011Chess Queen Kosteniuk’s new LiveJournal Russian Blog
On the Eve of Christmas, I got a wonderful present from a girl named Olesya. She had registered a few years ago the nickname “chessqueen” on Livejournal. Then she found me with that same nick on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, and decided to gift me the nick on Livejournal too! Read more… December 14th, 2010Kosteniuk Christmas Goodwill Simul Offer
I’ve decided to repeat last year’s successful chess promotion and offer a free chess simul to a deserving chess club or school in the USA. Read my post about it and my thoughts about the closing 2010 chess year, and how I’m getting ready for 2011. Link to the original post here. Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk November 28th, 2010Kosteniuk will give Culinary Master Class
I love to do new things. Especially if they are both useful and tasty! I am pleased to announce my collaboration with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council that will start with a culinary master class, that I will give tomorrow November 30, 2010. Read the PRESS RELEASE below. NEW: Photos! October 2nd, 2010My Team Russia-1 Won Gold at the Chess Olympiads!
Hello everybody! September 26th, 2010Russia Team-1 in Khanty-Mansiysk
September 11th, 2010Kosteniuk in TV show Bolshie Gonki
September 11th, 2010Name the Players from Russia 1 & 2
September 5th, 2010Chess Queen Kosteniuk tops 100K Twitter followers
I just want to let you know that I passed the milestone of 100,000 followers on Twitter. Twitter has now become a major social network with millions of members, and as you can see lots of chess players. You can visit my Twitter page at http://twitter.com/chessqueen and sign up to follow my updates (it’s free to join Twitter). There are some Chess GM’s on Twitter, a good list can be found on twitterchess.com. Check out also my Facebook page & YouTube channel. Posted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk, women’s world chess champion September 1st, 2010September 1: Kosteniuk Plans ahead
August 31st, 2010Kosteniuk Kristiansund 2010 Review
August 30th, 2010Kosteniuk Interview in Kristiansund
Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk August 26th, 2010Kosteniuk Plays Chess Open in Kristiansund
On Saturday, August 28, another very interesting rapid tournament starts here with 4 chess stars – Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and the local player John Ludvig Hammer. I will make sure to let you know how it goes. Read more… August 20th, 2010Kosteniuk to give a Simul in Sierre
I’m pleased to announce I will give a simul in the charming town of Sierre, in the sunny canton du Valais, in Switzerland, on October 9, 2010, at 1 PM. It will take place at the Centre Commercial Manor of Sierre. It seems it’s possible to sign up, although preference will be given to local players. Sierre is organizing the simul to celebrate the great result of their first team Valais 1 in the National Team Championship. Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk August 16th, 2010Most Interactive Celebrity Poll
August 7th, 2010Kosteniuk Chess960 Simul
Tonight I gave a 20-board Chess960 simul at the 2010 Mainz Chess Classic, while Vishy Anand gave a 40-board Classical Chess Simul. What was special about my simul is that I played chess with different starting positions on the board, none of the 20 boards had a classical chess setup! August 6th, 20103 World Chess Champions at Mainz Chess Classic
Mainz is promising to be a great venue, with today 3 reigning World Chess Champions present at the Press Conference. – Vishy Anand, world chess champion, classical chess August 2nd, 2010Chess is Cool Comic #6 is out
July 31st, 2010Kosteniuk goes to Mainz 2010
July 30th, 2010Trivia: Where am I?
I have an easier trivia competition for you this week, Please tell me where I am now 🙂 July 24th, 2010FIDE Presidential Board
July 23rd, 2010Trivia: Guess what I did on 21st of July
July 22nd, 2010Europe-Echecs Article on Chess & Twitter Revolution
July 21st, 2010Chess Envelope from the Czech Republic
July 18th, 2010Kosteniuk Swiss Chess Rapid Champion!
Today July 18 I did quite well at the Biel Rapid Chess tournament, with 6.5 out of 9, winning against GM Leonid Kritz (2618), GM Mohammed Al-Sayed (2498), FM Emmanuel Preissman (2316), and Vasyl Nedilko (2408), and losing only to GM Alexander Riazantsev and GM Christian Bauer (2612). I tied for overall 6th place (8th by tie-breaks), and was awarded the first Swiss prize and cup. The tournament was very strong with 13 GM’s and lots of IM’s. I have the videos of most games, and plan on preparing one or more commented game(s) for my YouTube channel. Photos and full rankings can be found below. Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk July 17th, 2010Kosteniuk Swiss Chess960 Champion!
I’m glad to announce that today I won the Swiss Chess960 Championship in Biel, with 5.5/7, with wins against GM Sebastien Feller (2611), GM Mikhail Ulibin (2540), Marco Gähler (2334), Jonas Wyss (2277), and Markus Kerz (2120), a draw against GM Michael Roiz (2645), and only one loss against GM Vitali Golod (2585). Let me remind you that Chess960 is the variant of chess invented by World Champion Robert Fischer, in which the starting position of the main pieces is chosen at random. Find out more about Chess960 on Wikipedia. More photos of the event and of the winners can be found below. The full results are as follows: Read more… July 11th, 2010Sporty Mood in Lenzerheide
Today after my game I went to practice some football at the local sports field in Lenzerheide and will watch the final of the 2010 World Cup between Holland and Spain. Up to now 4 rounds of the Swiss championship have been played, I’m at 2.5 out of 4, 1/2 point behind the leaders Korchnoi, Pelletier and Gallagher, who all have 3/4. 5 more rounds to go. Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk July 9th, 2010Kosteniuk Chess Cover Girl
July 8th, 2010Kosteniuk wins first round in Lenzerheide
Today was the first round of the National Swiss Chess Championship in Lenzerheide, and I won against International Master Beat Züger (ELO 2405). The tournament has 10 players and will run 9 rounds, one game against each player, from July 8 to July 16, 2010. See the diagram below for a nice series of moves. Kosteniuk – Züger, Lenzerheide 2010, round 1 In this position it’s white to play and win. |
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Below you can see some of my fashion photos, taken by Pufichek.
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Watch my Game LIVE against Mungultuul, decisive for the Tournament win!
Chessqueen is pleased to present Alexandra Kosteniuk’s Moscow Open’s Game LIVE, played right now February 5, 2011, against Jolanta Zawadzka. Update: Alexandra Kosteniuk won. Black’s Queen got caught in the middle of the board!
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I’m pleased to share with you my new “Chess is Cool” comic #6, which is a joint venture between myself and talented comic-book illustrator-cartoonist René Duret. See it below or on 
I’m looking forward to going to Mainz (close to Frankfurt, Germany), to give a Chess960 simul on Friday August 6 at 4PM (I’m the reining Women’s World Chess960 Champion), then play in the World Rapid Chess Championship on Saturday & Sunday (Open section – both men & women). There are already over 100 titled players, it will be super strong (Aronian, Grischuk, Shirov, Kamsky are playing)! I am #36 in the list as of now. See below for the whole list of pre-inscribed players. 
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