The chess games of Alexandra Kosteniuk

Kosteniuk

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Alexandra Kosteniuk
Number of games in database: 775
Years covered: 1994 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2491
Highest rating achieved in database: 2540
Overall record: +220 -155 =181 (55.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      219 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (145)
    B92 B33 B43 B32 B97
Ruy Lopez (94)
    C78 C65 C67 C92 C95
Caro-Kann (41)
    B12 B11 B19 B18 B16
French Defense (38)
    C11 C00 C10 C15 C13
Sicilian Najdorf (37)
    B92 B97 B96 B90 B99
Ruy Lopez, Closed (33)
    C92 C95 C84 C96 C87

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (89)
    B62 B67 B51 B90 B30
Queen's Indian (31)
    E12 E15 E17 E14 E13
Nimzo Indian (30)
    E34 E32 E21 E55 E20
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (29)
    B62 B67 B63 B60 B66
Queen's Gambit Declined (26)
    D30 D31 D37 D39
Petrov (25)
    C42 C43

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kosteniuk vs C P Gouw, 2000 1-0
   The World vs Kosteniuk, 2004 0-1
   A Ushenina vs Kosteniuk, 2008 0-1
   Kosteniuk vs Onischuk, 2005 1-0
   Kosteniuk vs McShane, 2003 1-0
   Kosteniuk vs L Bergez, 2001 1-0
   Kosteniuk vs Y Dembo, 2005 1-0
   Kosteniuk vs Xu Yuanyuan, 2001 1-0
   Carlsen vs Kosteniuk, 2009 0-1
   A Stefanova vs Kosteniuk, 2004 0-1

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   Chess Queen: Kosteniuk by BntLarsen
   Kosteniuk! by larrewl
   A Kosteniuk by ghjensen

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ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK
(born Apr-23-1984) Russia

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Alexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm, Russia. She was taught the game at the age of five by her father, Konstantin Vladimirovich Kosteniuk. Her younger sister, Oksana Kosteniuk, is a WFM.

In September 2008, she scaled the summit of women’s chess when she became the 14th Women's World Chess Champion after winning the final of the Women's World Championship (2008) against Yifan Hou by 2.5 to 1.5. In December 2010, she conceded her crown when she bowed out in the third round to finalist Ruan Lufei. She again contested the championship at the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalia Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round.

A WGM since age 14, an IM at 16, and a GM at 20, Kosteniuk has featured prominently in various regional and world age title competitions, including winning the Girls U10 European Championship in Herculane in 1994, the Girls Under 12 European Championship in Rimavaska Sobota in 1996, and the Girls Under 12 World Championship in Minorca in 1996. In 2001, at the age of 17, she was runner up to Zhu Chen for the Women’s World Championship. In 2000 and 2004, Kosteniuk was second in the Russian Women’s Championships but went one better in 2005 when she won that Championship with a score of 9/11 and a 2691 performance rating. Other prominent tournament successes include winning the First European Women’s Championship that was held in Dresden in 2004, and equal second behind Koneru Humpy in the 2005 North Urals Cup. In 2010 she came fifth in the Russian Women's Championship and in 2011 she won the Moscow Open 2011B - Young GMs with 7/9. Also in 2011, she won the Swiss Women's Championship.

Kosteniuk became the inaugural Fischerandom (Chess960) Women's World Champion in 2006, and successfully defended her title in 2008 against Kateryna Lahno. There did not appear to be a Fischerandom world championship in 2010, and Kosteniuk is therefore still the women's world titleholder for this form of chess.

She has captured the public's eye by appearing in a Russian film, doing many product promotions, fashion modeling, and appearing in fashion magazines. She produces a popular series of chess podcasts, and maintains a chess website http://www.kosteniuk.com/

Live rating (women): http://chesspro.ru/guestnew/looknul... Her website: http://www.kosteniuk.com/ and her web photo album http://www.kosteniuk.com/en/albums/...

Wikipedia article: Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Kosteniuk vs S Cherednichenko	0-1	40	1994	Wch U10 Girls	B06 Robatsch
2. Kosteniuk vs N Pkhakadze	1-0	41	1994	Wch U10 Girls	D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. Kosteniuk vs B Farhat	1-0	43	1994	Wch U10 Girls	B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
4. E Mirzoeva vs Kosteniuk	0-1	70	1996	Cup G.Kasparov	C26 Vienna
5. Kosteniuk vs L Kritz	0-1	27	1996	Ch Moscow (open)	C29 Vienna Gambit
6. Kosteniuk vs V Belov	0-1	79	1996	Kasparov Cup op	B33 Sicilian
7. Kosteniuk vs N Kosintseva	1-0	68	1996	Ch World (cadets) (under 12) (g)	C29 Vienna Gambit
8. K Rybenko vs Kosteniuk	1-0	42	1996	Volgograd op	C44 King's Pawn Game
9. A Yangel vs Kosteniuk	0-1	33	1997	RUS-ch (Women)	A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
10. N Seferjan vs Kosteniuk	1-0	51	1997	Pripis mem	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
11. M Perez Candelario vs Kosteniuk	0-1	27	1997	It (open) (juniors)	D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
12. Bosboom-Lanchava vs Kosteniuk	0-1	28	1998	Olympiad (w)	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
13. Kosteniuk vs J Kochetkova	1-0	37	1998	Ch Russia (w) (1 liga)	B20 Sicilian
14. Kosteniuk vs Romanishin	0-1	71	1999	Bled open	B40 Sicilian
15. Kosteniuk vs M Lomineishvili	1-0	26	1999	It (w)	B40 Sicilian
16. T Grabuzova vs Kosteniuk	1-0	30	1999	RUS-ch49(Women)	A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation
17. Kosteniuk vs C Werner	1-0	42	2000	Corus	C28 Vienna Game
18. G J Ludden vs Kosteniuk	0-1	44	2000	Corus	A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation
19. Kosteniuk vs A Berelovich	½-½	48	2000	Chigorin Memorial	B06 Robatsch
20. Wang Yu vs Kosteniuk	1-0	31	2000	WCC	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
21. Kosteniuk vs D Garces	1-0	34	2000	It (open)	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
22. Y Afek vs Kosteniuk	1-0	48	2000	Corus	B89 Sicilian
23. R Shcherbakov vs Kosteniuk	1-0	29	2000	Monarch Assurance	A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
24. Kosteniuk vs Stellwagen	1-0	31	2000	Corus	C00 French Defense
25. S Nadyrhanov vs Kosteniuk	½-½	21	2000	Chigorin Memorial	B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation


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Dec-08-10		HeMateMe: AK has a younger sister, Oxana, who is a woman's master, but she has no games in this data base.

Dec-08-10		I play the Fred: Is she good looking, too? Because if she is, I've got a nickname ready: "Foxy Oxie" You're all welcome.

Dec-08-10		HeMateMe: There could be serious money in this, Fred. You should put your idea in writing, and put in for a copywright, in D.C.

Dec-08-10		I play the Fred: You're right, what am I doing? Ideas this awesome must be capitalized upon. So I take it back! Everyone, cease and desist! None of you may use "Foxy Oxie" without the express written consent of <I play the Fred>. Can't wait for the huge royalty checks to start pouring in. I suppose I'll cut <HeMateMe> in on some of this for his invaluable financial advice. There, you all just watched someone get wealthy today. Tell all your friends!

Jan-16-11		ketchuplover: submitted for your perusal http://www.chessblog.com/2011/01/op...

Jan-31-11		theagenbiteofinwit: I'd love to see her play a match with Krush.

Jan-31-11		HeMateMe: I'd like to see the rest of the photo, top of page.

Apr-23-11		Stonehenge: Happy Birthday :)

Apr-24-11		BobCrisp: <chessqueen Alexandra Kosteniuk Just won the Russian Blitz Chess Championship with 11 out of 14!:) 5 hours ago> http://twitter.com/#!/chessqueen Watch out, <Magnus>. she'll be after your tail again!

Jul-17-11		HeMateMe: Congratulations to AK on winning the women's Swiss championship. Dual citizenship, via husband? Please demand that chessgames update your page photo.

Aug-15-11		Whitehat1963: Currently having a terrible performance.

Oct-22-11		wordfunph: <"I remember that at 12, I was very superstitious. If won a game, for the following round I tried to follow the same route to the board and to wear the same clothes. I would write down the moves with the same pen, and of course, I carried a number of little lucky talismans."> - GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (from Diary of a Chess Queen) Kosteniuk finished last with +3=1-7 in Nalchik Grand Prix :( http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Oct-23-11		HeMateMe: Is "Sasha" short for Alexandria, in Russian? Or, does Sasha just mean something like "Kiddo" in English? ChessBase was referring to her as Sasha, recently.

Oct-23-11		Karpova: "Sasha" is a diminutive of Alexandra and Alexander. That's why Kosteniuk and Grischuk for example are often called Sasha.

Nov-22-11		Pepperpot: Been watching the <Disney> film, <The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men>. Struck by the resemblance between <Joan Rice> as <Maid Marian> and <Alexandra>: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_edmKrgBV5... (as you can tell from the background, that's not Sherwood Forest)

Nov-22-11		HeMateMe: That is quite the resemblance. I was further convinced when she and the "Merry Men" were playing blindfold chess atop horseback, as they rode to intercept the next shipment of the King's gold!

Dec-09-11		knighterrant999: <pepper> you are pulling our leg, right?

Dec-09-11		AlphaMale: I've joined twitter; I'll forward this to Alexandra.

Dec-10-11		Eti fan: Kosteniuk big for chess again http://www.chessdom.com/rt-com-mind...

Jan-04-12		HeMateMe: AK has a sister: <http://www.google.com/imgres?q=oxan...> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxana_...>

Jan-07-12		Joshka: <HeMateMe> <I'd like to see the rest of the photo> I was there, in fact that's where my avatar was taken. She was wearing a black dress with white printed dots. Karpov was sitting to her left, where they were conducting a book signing.

Mar-19-12		AVRO38: Is it just me, or should this picture have been taken with the king instead of the queen? http://chesspics.com/albums/chesspi...

Apr-23-12		waustad: Happy b'day. She was born on Pia Cramling's 21st b'day!

Jun-30-12		Thanh Phan: Alexandra Kosteniuk's post about the Kazan Chess Grand Prix http://t.co/Q3bXjm7Q with Google Translate, from https://twitter.com/chessqueen

Aug-30-12		HeMateMe: No Kosteniuk games yet, from the 2012 Olympiad. Tardy reporting, or has she somehow missed the first two rounds? Tsk, Turkey should have asked the London olympic organizers how to put on a multi country event. I do wish an updated photo were uploaded here.

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