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15.05.2011 
Dear visitors!
I am in the process of moving all my information to my new chess blog www.chessqueen.com. I've already completed the News (since 2001!), About Me, Photos (12,000 photos!), Articles (200 articles), and Movies sections (100+), and preparing many new sections for you! I hope you will like it!
24.04.2011 
Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk is 2011 Russian Chess Blitz Champion! Alexandra scored 11/14 in the final (performance of 2652 ELO), ahead of Gunina (10.5), then Bodnaruk & Zaiats (9), Ambartsumova (8.5), Turova & Kovanova & Tomilova (8), Galliamova & Romanko & Fominikh & Sukhareva (7.5), Kashlinskaya & Vasilevich & Novikova (7), Pogonina & Kabanova (6.5), Girya (6), etc. 24 players. See the Final Results Table here. Also read Alexandra's Chessblog post.
If you'd like to see Alexandra in action make sure to visit her YouTube channel. It won't be a surprise to you she has beaten the strongest men on the planet Anand, Carlsen, Aronian, as well as top woman Judit Polgar.
23.04.2011 
We congratulate Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk for leading her team to victory in the 2011 Russian Team Championships, played in Olginka, Russia.
Her team was comprised of (from left to right in the photo) Alina Kashlinskaya (Board 5, 4/5), Valentina Gunina (Board 2, 4/6), Alexandra Kosteniuk (Board 1, 6/7), Olga Girya (Board 4, 2/4), and Marina Romanko (Board 3, 2/6). In second position was the team led by Zhukova and Munguntuul, and in 3rd the team led by Stefanova and Lahno. The championship was very strong this year. See full results here and blog post here. Watch all my games here.
23.04.2011 
By beating ex-world champion Antoaneta Stefanova in the last round of the Russian Club Chess Championships, Alexandra scored 6/7 and a performance of 2746 ELO. This is equivalent to approximately +20 ELO points for the next rating list. See the individual table here, and Alexandra's individual results here (which includes wins against superstars Galliamova, Zhukova, and Stefanova).
06.02.2011 
We're pleased to report that Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk started the year 2011 with a nice success, winning the prestigious Moscow Open 2011, with 7 out of 9 points, ahead of Batkhuyag Munguntuul from Mongolia (also 7 points but with a lower tie-break). Third is Chinese GM Zhao Xue, 4th was Russian Valentina Gunina. Read Alexandra's post on www.chessblog.com and watch all her 9 games on www.chessqueen.com.
04.02.2011 
Watch the games of Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk at the 2011 Moscow Open Women's Invitational Chess Tournament. Played from January 29 to 6 of February 2011. More regular news about Alexandra can be found on her Twitter "@chessqueen" account (English) or "@kosteniuk" (Russian), her Facebook "chessqueen" Fan Page, and of course the blog www.chessblog.com and her personal page www.chessqueen.com.
14.12.2010 
12th Women's World Chess Champion and Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk has decided to repeat last year’s successful chess promotion and offer a free chess simul to a deserving chess club or school in the USA. Read Alexandra's post about it and her thoughts about the closing 2010 chess year, and how she's getting ready for 2011. Link to the original post here.
02.10.2010 
At the Chess Olympiads of Khanty-Mansiysk, Alexandra's team Russia-1 (comprised of Tatiana Kosintseva, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Alisa Galliamova, and Valentina Gunina), is guaranteed to win Gold. The team got 10 match win in 10 rounds, not even one match drawn or lost. That’s 20 match points, with the closest follower China with only 16 match points, and then 4 teams with 15 match points (Ukraine, Georgia, Russia-2 and Poland). See the rankings after 10 rounds. Read Alexandra's post about it on chessblog.com. Tomorrow is the last round then we will have lots of photos and even video from the prize ceremony.
05.09.2010 
Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk passed the milestone of 100,000 followers on Twitter. Twitter has now become a major social network with millions of members, and lots of chess players. You can visit her Twitter page at http://twitter.com/chessqueen and sign up to follow her updates (it’s free to join Twitter). There are some Chess GM’s on Twitter, a good list can be found on twitterchess.com. Check out also Alexandra's Facebook page & YouTube channel.
Read more here.
06.08.2010 
Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is in Mainz, Germany, to participate in the famous "Chess Classic". She was a participant at the Press Conference, together with Vishy Anand, world chess champion, classical chess and Levon Aronian, rapid world chess champion. Read more here.
14.06.2010 
We have just received the news that the Reigning Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk has been named Official Ambassador for the bid for the Chess Olympiads in Tromsø 2014, alongside Magnus Carlsen, current World #1 according to FIDE rating. Read the full press release and more on www.chessqueen.com.
12.06.2010 
We are pleased to announce the inauguration of Alexandra's new chess blog, located at www.chessqueen.com, which will be the place where Alexandra will post her news and thoughts about chess. Her women's chess blog www.chessblog.com will expand to contain both men's and women's chess news, which has been an overwhelming request from fans all over the world.
29.05.2010 
Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk just came back from a chess & tourism promotion trip to one of the 7 Wonders of the world: the Machu Picchu, Peru. The trip was intensely followed by the press and was shown Live country-wide on TV. Have a look at Alexandra's blog post, and the YouTube video of Game 3. Don't miss the official photo album with stunning photos of chess at the Machu Picchu. Alexandra also climbed to the top of the Waynapicchu, a climb reserved to few people, and was the first person to reach the top on May 24.
15.05.2010 
Alexandra was a guest of honor at the Title I District Chess Championship in Miami yesterday. On the photo you see her with Program Director Elizabeth Tejada and Superintendent of schools Alberto Carvalho (who oversees the 4th largest school district in the USA). The Program and tournament (844 kids playing) is a great success and it's nice to see such great support for chess in schools. Read Alexandra's blog post and see the official photos of this event.
02.05.2010 
Chess is great to promote products. It was a smart BUSINESS decision by JGB to invest in CHESS to promote their product Tarrito Rojo. The Queen of Chess, Alexandra Kosteniuk shares with you her impressions from her Promotion trip in Colombia, including her goodwill visits to foundations such as the "Pies Descalsos" of singer Shakira, just outside of Bogotá, and much more. Read the exclusive post on CHESSBLOG. We have nice photo albums: Tarrito Rojo Chess Talent, Fashion in Bogotá, and Tourism in Medellin. And don't miss Alexandra's emotional video about her trip to Colombia.
30.04.2010 
It was probably the biggest combined chess & product promotion of the year: The Colombian company JGB, maker of the vitamin supplement "Tarrito Rojo" put much of their yearly advertising budget into inviting Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk and promoting chess to Colombian youth. The result was a massive chess tournament "Tarrito Rojo Chess Talent" in Bogotá and in Medellin, with many simuls, prizes, donations to charities. See the full photo album on ChessPics.
29.04.2010 
We are pleased to present to you, from our photo partner ChessPics two web photo albums of Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk, "Fashion in Bogotá", and "Tourism in Medellin". They were taken while Alexandra was participating in the Chess Talent Tarrito Rojo 2010. More photos of the main event coming separately.
28.04.2010 
Alexandra Kosteniuk is in Dubai for the Sport Accord Convention. She took advantage of that venue to support Chess to become an official Olympic Sport. Read the article of Gulf News about it. Feel free to leave a comment with your feelings about this issue.
25.04.2010 
Alexandra traveled on her birthday from Miami to Indialantic, Florida, so she could give a 46-board simul during the Space Coast Chess Festival, in Indialantic, Florida. It went very well, and the final result was +42 =3 -1. Congratulations to Wayne Strickland for his win, as well as to Dr. Axel Stock of UCF, John Ludwig, and Eric Perlman for their draws. See the official photo album of this event.
21.04.2010 
Champion for Peace Alexandra Kosteniuk inaugurated today the Chess for Peace (Ajedrez por la Paz) Center in Puerto Tejada, Colombia. This project, sponsored by FIDE, Peace and Sport, and the organization Colombianitos, is a chance for underprivileged kids to learn chess and benefit from the skills it teaches. See the official photo album of this event.
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