ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK (born Apr-23-1984, 41 years old) Russia (federation/nationality Switzerland) PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] 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 Knockout Tournament (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 Lufei Ruan. She again contested the championship at the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalija Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia's top board to secure their team their winning finish(2). 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 Chen Zhu 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 Humpy Koneru 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. In 2013 she won both the women's and men's Swiss titles. Kosteniuk became the inaugural Fischerandom (Chess960) Women's World Champion in 2006, and successfully defended her title in 2008 against Kateryna Lagno. 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/... References / Sources (1) Wikipedia article: Alexandra Kosteniuk, (2) http://ugra2017.fide.com/rating-sta... Last updated: 2023-03-03 16:40:02

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page 1 of 92; games 1-25 of 2,291  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kosteniuk vs N Pkhakadze   1-0 41 1994 Wch U10 Girls D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Kosteniuk vs S Cherednichenko 0-1 40 1994 Wch U10 Girls B06 Robatsch 3. Kosteniuk vs B Farhat 1-0 43 1994 Wch U10 Girls B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 4. Kosteniuk vs L Kritz 0-1 27 1996 Moscow Open Championship C29 Vienna Gambit 5. E Mirzoeva vs Kosteniuk   0-1 70 1996 Kasparov Cup op C26 Vienna 6. K Rybenko vs Kosteniuk 1-0 42 1996 Volgograd op C45 Scotch Game 7. Kosteniuk vs V Belov 0-1 79 1996 Kasparov Cup op B33 Sicilian 8. Kosteniuk vs L Javakhishvili   ½-½ 32 1996 EU-ch U12 Girls B06 Robatsch 9. Kosteniuk vs L Javakhishvili   1-0 68 1996 Wch U12 Girls B06 Robatsch 10. N Kosintseva vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 55 1996 EU-ch U12 Girls B22 Sicilian, Alapin 11. A Mitenkov vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 78 1996 Moscow Open Championship D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 12. Kosteniuk vs E Najer   0-1 31 1996 Moscow Open Championship C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 13. Kosteniuk vs DA Iotchis   1-0 50 1996 Moscow Open Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 14. A Riazantsev vs Kosteniuk   1-0 75 1996 Moscow Open Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Kosteniuk vs B Grachev   1-0 61 1996 Moscow Open Championship C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 16. Kosteniuk vs V Baikov   0-1 37 1996 Moscow Open Championship B57 Sicilian 17. M Bereslavsky vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 54 1996 Moscow Open Championship B30 Sicilian 18. A P Abramov vs Kosteniuk   0-1 84 1996 Moscow Open Championship A10 English 19. A Lundina vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 28 1996 Moscow Open Championship A10 English 20. Kosteniuk vs N Kosintseva 1-0 68 1996 Wch U12 Girls C29 Vienna Gambit 21. M Perez Candelario vs Kosteniuk 0-1 27 1997 It (open) (juniors) D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 22. N Seferjan vs Kosteniuk   1-0 51 1997 Pripis mem B22 Sicilian, Alapin 23. E Vorobiov vs Kosteniuk   1-0 66 1997 Pripis mem B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 24. A Yangel vs Kosteniuk   0-1 33 1997 RUS-ch (Women) A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 25. Kosteniuk vs J Movsesian   1-0 37 1998 Ch Russia (w) (1 liga) B20 Sicilian  page 1 of 92; games 1-25 of 2,291

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 27 OF 47 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-15-06    percyblakeney: <Raskolnikov> It does seem like that. Tatiana Kosintseva could be the surprise, I read somewhere that she never had a proper trainer before but have been working with Kasparov's old second Dokhoian lately. She did beat a couple of GM's in Aeroflot Open recently, and it will be interesting to see her result here... Mar-16-06    percyblakeney: Well, my predictions didn't turn out too well. Just like in the previous World Championship Kosteniuk was unexpectedly beaten by Cmilyte. Already before that she said that the system used in the Men's World Championship was better, and I don't think she likes minimatches and blitz tiebreaks better now... Mar-16-06    Ezzy: <percyblakeney - ....and I don't think she likes minimatches and blitz tiebreaks better now...> She looks pretty awesome to me. http://video.google.com/videoplay?d... Mar-16-06    percyblakeney: She is a very good blitz player, but I bet she finds it a bit strange that for example Matveeva has good chances to become World Champion without beating any top 10 players. The last time Kosteniuk played Matveeva, in the Russian Championships, she won with black in 18 moves and finished 3.5 points ahead of her... Mar-16-06    Akavall: <percyblakeney> I don't think Matveeva has good chances to become WC; she is playing Sebag in the next round, and Sebag played real well so far. I will surprised if Matveeva can get past her. Mar-16-06    percyblakeney: <Akavall> Sebag has played well, but Matveeva is higher rated so it would at least not be a big sensation if she won that match, but we'll see... Mar-16-06    Akavall: <percyblakeney> Matveeva is 2428, and Sebag is 2415. I don't think 13 points make real difference, but are right--we'll see. Mar-17-06    schnarre: What's the scores now? Mar-18-06    Akavall: <schnarre> Matveeva 1/2 Sebag in the first game. What if we changed the picture in here to this one http://www.chessbase.com/news/2006/... I remember some people didn't like the picture on this page. Mar-19-06    Akavall: <percyblakeney> You were right, Matveeva won... Mar-21-06    LluviaSean: Put a better picture of Alex please, <chessgames.com>! Mar-21-06    schnarre: <Akavall> That particular picture has almost a sinister feel to it. Mar-21-06    Akavall: <schnarre> Hmmm...maybe you are right "almost a sinister feel to it". I like that picture, though--it would make a cool painting, for example, while the picture in here is to simple or something, not to mention that there is no chess board or any evidence that Alexandra is wearing clothes. I hope cg.com changes the picture, maybe we could vote on it? Mar-21-06    offramp: <Akavall: <schnarre> Matveeva 1/2 Sebag in the first game. What if we changed the picture in here to this one http://www.chessbase.com/news/2006/...; She looks a bit like Christina Ricci in that picture. Mar-21-06    Akavall: Who is Christina Ricci? Mar-21-06    offramp: Here's a picture http://www.digitalhit.com/row/cp/ri... Mar-21-06    Akavall: "We're sorry, you're not authorized to access this file" Mar-21-06    offramp: Put Christina Ricci into Google. Then choose images. Mar-22-06    Akavall: I didn't find Christina Ricci to be similar looking like Kosteniuk (in that picture), but perhaps on some pictures she might. Mar-22-06    ckr: Dudes, wipe your chins off and check out some of her games. Kosteniuk vs Stellwagen, 2000 Mar-22-06    Chesschatology: <ckr> "chins" eh? Mar-22-06    mang00neg: lol she owned that poor guy in that blitz game. interesting video. Mar-22-06    Jim Bartle: Interesting she didn't even look up to shake hands with the beaten opponent. Mar-22-06    schnarre: <offramp> Seen that one on ebombsworld.com! Mar-30-06    percyblakeney: On the April list Kosteniuk will reach 2540, her highest rating this far. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 47) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 27 OF 47 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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