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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 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.
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 ...
The list of participants of the championship included former world champions, such as Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Hou Yifan, Mariya Muzychuk and Alexandra Kosteniuk, as well as World Championships runners-ups, World Cup winners, and former world champions in rapid and blitz chess.
The Women's World Chess Championship 2001 took place from November 25 to December 14, 2001, in Moscow, Russia. It was won by Zhu Chen , who beat Alexandra Kosteniuk in the final by 5 to 3. [ 1 ] The final was tied 2–2 after the classical games and decided in the rapid tie-breaks.
The game on the first board between Hou Yifan and Alexandra Kosteniuk was drawn after 65 moves. Nonetheless, the Chinese team bounced back with Valentina Gunina's run of 7 wins in 9 games coming to an end with the loss to Ju Wenjun, while Aleksandra Goryachkina blundered in a difficult position.
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The Women's World Chess Championship 2017 was a 64 ... Alexandra Kosteniuk, ... The final was the only match of the tournament which consisted of four classical games ...