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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 ...
Rating 2530 Mariya Muzychuk: Rating 2508 Nana Dzagnidze: Rating 2505 Harika Dronavalli: Rating 2491 Alexandra Kosteniuk: Rating 2488 Sarasadat Khademalsharieh [b] Rating (replacement) 2489 Lela Javakhishvili: Organizer's nominee 2451 Bibisara Assaubayeva: Organizer's nominee 2472 Elisabeth Pähtz: Organizer's nominee 2451 Stavroula Tsolakidou ...
3 players with highest rating in the March 2022 rating list, who played at least 1 rated game counted in one of the Standard FIDE Rating Lists from April 2021 to March 2022 (Humpy Koneru was not eligible because of this condition [4]), excluding those who already qualified for the Grand Prix. 4 organizer's nominees.
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.
Players are seeded by their FIDE rating of June 2021. [4] ... Alexandra Kosteniuk: 2: 27 Valentina Gunina: 0 14 Alexandra Kosteniuk: 1½ ...
Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1980s Country Player Peak rating in 1980s Achieved 1 Garry Kasparov: 2775 1989-01 2 Anatoly Karpov: 2755 1989-07 3 Mikhail Tal: 2705 1980-01 4 Viktor Korchnoi: 2695 1980-01 5 Jan Timman: 2675 1988-01 6 Nigel Short: 2665 1988-07 7 Artur Yusupov: 2660 1986-07 Vasyl Ivanchuk: 2660 1989-07 9 Lajos ...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.