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Kosteniuk worked as a model and also acted in the film Bless the Woman by Stanislav Govorukhin. [9] [32] Kosteniuk is a member of the "Champions for Peace" club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization. [33] [34]
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 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.
Alexandra Kosteniuk: 2561 2018-01 1984 Highest-ranked Swiss female player (since 2023)
The Women's Chess World Cup 2021 was a 103-player single-elimination chess tournament, the first edition of Women's Chess World Cup, that took place in Sochi, Russia, from 12 July to 3 August 2021. [1]
Official website: Official website: The Global Chess League 2023, ... Alexandra Kosteniuk: 23 April 1984 5 Polina Shuvalova: 12 March 2001 6 Nihal Sarin: 13 July 2004
Alexandra Kosteniuk scored for the Swiss team against Harika Dronavalli on board one, but all other games finished in favour of the Indian players. On the second board, Vaishali Rameshbabu entered into a same-colour bishop endgame that she managed to convert due to the king's superior activity despite the material parity. [ 29 ]
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]