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April 21st, 2014

Kosteniuk on the Podium in Khanty-Mansiysk Women Chess Grand Prix 2014

Kosteniuk on Podium in KhantyHi everyone!
This is a quick post to let you know I just finished my tournament today and got a nice third place in the super strong Women Chess Grand Prix 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk. I drew my last game with current world champion Hou Yifan and overall got 6.5/11, a performance of 2558, which allows me to go up in the world rankings to #8 from #9. I got 4 wins among which 2 nice ones against GM’s A. Muzychuk and Dzagnidze and only 2 losses to my compatriots T. Kosintseva (11th) and Olga Girya who got a superb 2nd place. It was possibly the strongest Grand Prix ever played, with the current world champion playing (and who won the event) and 3 ex-world champions (me in 3rd place, Stefanova in 7th place, and Ushenina in 9th place). I post some results and photos in this post, I will soon post some games too. Starting tomorrow there will be also in Khanty-Mansiysk two important events, the world blitz and world rapid tournaments, so wish me luck for the 45 next games I will play this week! [see my other post about the GP on www.chessblog.com]


The 3 winners of the Grand Prix:


Hou Yifan, Olga Girya, Alexandra Kosteniuk


This is me when I got my prize:


Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk gets her prize at the Grand Prix


Here is the final table of the tournament:



And the Cross Table:



And some photos from the event:










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13 Responses to “Kosteniuk on the Podium in Khanty-Mansiysk Women Chess Grand Prix 2014”

  1. Hello Alexandra, I have to admit that I am very impressed by the amount of effort placed into the game of chess. Your father did a very impressive job by developing a chess program for you when you were younger. Best regards and the best of luck with your upcoming tournaments and championships.