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Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk (Russian: Александра Константиновна Костенюк; born 23 April 1984) is a Russian and Swiss [4] chess grandmaster who was the Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010 and Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in 2021.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...
This list of female chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia. It includes the preceding lists of Grandmasters and International Masters. FIDE title abbreviations: GM – grandmaster; IM – International Master; FM – FIDE Master; WGM – Woman Grandmaster
The Women's World Chess Championship 2008 took place from August 28, 2008 to September 18 in Nalchik, Russia. It was won by Alexandra Kosteniuk , who beat Hou Yifan in the final by 2½ to 1½. For the fifth time, the championship took the form of a 64-player knock-out tournament.
Russia scored a convincing victory against Kazakhstan 3½-½. Alexandra Kosteniuk opened the scoring with a 30-move win as White against the 16-year old Zhansaya Abdumalik, who blundered a piece on move 29 and resigned after the opponent's next move. [30] Valentina Gunina and Olga Girya completed the job adding two wins as Black. [31] [32]
In 2008, the title went to Russian grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk, who, in the final, beat Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan 2½–1½, then aged 14 (see Women's World Chess Championship 2008). In 2010 the title returned to China once again.
A Russian chess player is under investigation after allegedly being caught on camera spraying her opponent’s board with what authorities said was a substance containing mercury as part of an ...
In chess today the queen is the name of the most powerful chess piece. ... 2013: Alexandra Kosteniuk became the first woman to win the men's Swiss Chess Championship.