Today was Alexandra's first book signing for her newly released book "Diary of a Chess Queen", in Coral Gable's Books & Books. As the last book signing, it was a lively question and answer and most attendees left with an autographed copy of Alexandra's book. Read Alexandra's report with photos of this event on her chess blog. On the photo to the left you can see Grandmaster Julio Becerra who just got his copy of Alexandra's book. If you'd like to order your own copy with free autograph, you can do it on Alexandra's web shop.

Yesterday was Alexandra's first book signing for her newly released book "Diary of a Chess Queen", in the beautiful bookstore Barnes & Noble of Aventura, Florida. Lots of people came to her talk and signing session, the questions and answers kept everyone interested and tuned in to chess 100%. Read Alexandra's report with photos of this event on her chess blog. On the photo to the left is Alexandra and her promising student Rachel Gologorsky. There will be one book signing on Monday 8 PM at the Books & Books of Coral Gables, Florida. If you miss it, you can order your copy with free autograph on Alexandra's web shop.

Alexandra promoted chess to thousands of live spectators and millions of TV viewers on January 1, 2010, on the top TV program "Zolotoi Grammofon", which is the Russian Music Oscars event of the year. She handed an oscar to famous singer Stas Pekha. The YouTube video presented is 9-minute summary of the 2-hour program. Since the video is in Russian, Alexandra posted an explanation post of what is said around minutes 3-4 of this video on her chess blog.

Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk invites you to either or both of her Miami book "Diary of a Chess Queen" signing sessions, that will take place on January 7 at 7 PM at the Aventura Barnes & Noble, and on January 11 at 8 PM at the Coral Gables Books & Books. She will give a talk, answer any questions, and autograph her book for you and for your loved ones.

30.12.2009 Alexandra just published Episode #35 of her Chess is Cool Audio Podcast. It's filled with news about her chess tournaments of this last fall, and more than 50 tips to play better blitz chess.

17.12.2009 Alexandra is pleased to share with you her Christmas Chess Comic. It's available at no cost to schools and scholastic publications, just contact Alexandra to get the original.

15.12.2009 Alexandra has created 2 Merry Christmas Postcards for you to share with your friends, see the FIRST one, and the SECOND one. She wishes all her fans to have Love in their hearts, Happiness in their lives, and some Chess during the holidays.

04.12.2009 We have 3 fresh photos from today's prize ceremony where Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk was awarded the Top Prize in the First ACP Women's Rapid Cup, with an unprecedented result of 10 out of 11 points. The photos are GOLD, TOP3, ALL PLAYERS. Please monitor chessblog.com for more news from Alexandra herself. NEW! Read Alexandra's exclusive post about this tournament.

03.12.2009 Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk has displayed a fantastic result at the First ACP Women Rapid Cup in Konya, Turkey, by winning 10 of her 11 games, two full points ahead of her closest competitor Viktorija Cmilyte, who ended up with 8, then Tatiana Kosintseva 7.5, Pia Cramling and Monika Socko 7, Nadezhda Kosintseva 6.5, etc. (see crosstable). Alexandra's performance corresponds to an impressive 2746 ELO. She will chessblog about it a little later today.