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Today was Alexandra's first book signing...</title>
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Today was Alexandra's first book signing for her newly released book "<a href="http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/diary-and-dvd-in-stock-december-9.html" target="_blank">Diary of a Chess Queen</a>", 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 <a href="http://www.chessblog.com/" target="_blank">Alexandra's report</a> with photos of this event on her <a href="http://www.chessblog.com" target="_blank">chess blog</a>. 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 <a href="http://chessqueen.com/" target="_blank">web shop</a>.


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Alexandra published a sample YouTube video of...</title>
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Alexandra published a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeyXKTVYenA" target="_blank">sample YouTube video</a> of her new upcoming <a href="http://chessqueen.com/index.php?productID=38" target="_blank">DVD "Chess Blitz Fever"</a>, which will contain tips about playing better blitz chess, as well as her wins, fully commented against world rated #1 Magnus Carlsen, World Champion Vishy Anand, and super-GM's Grischuk, Morozevich, Aronian, Gashimov, Judith Polgar, and Naiditsch. The DVD will hit the shelves by the end of February, free shipping if you pre-order it before then.
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Yesterday was Alexandra's first book signing...</title>
			<link>http://kosteniuk.com/index.php?lg=eng</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<font size="2" color="blue" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">08.01.2010</font><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <img src="/photoenews2010/Signing1.jpg" alt="Kosteniuk signing session at Barnes and Noble" align="left">


Yesterday was Alexandra's first book signing for her newly released book "<a href="http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/diary-and-dvd-in-stock-december-9.html" target="_blank">Diary of a Chess Queen</a>", 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 <a href="http://www.chessblog.com/2010/01/diary-of-chess-queen-first-signing.html" target="_blank">Alexandra's report</a> with photos of this event on her <a href="http://www.chessblog.com" target="_blank">chess blog</a>. 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 <a href="http://chessqueen.com/" target="_blank">web shop</a>.


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Alexandra promoted chess to thousands of...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<font size="2" color="blue" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">01.01.2010</font><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1HsuRFq-TA" target="_blank"><img src="/photoenews2010/Zolotoigrammofon.jpg" alt="Kosteniuk on Zolotoi Grammofon" align="left"></a>


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 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1HsuRFq-TA" target="_blank">YouTube video presented</a> is 9-minute summary of the 2-hour program. Since the video is in Russian, Alexandra posted <a href="http://www.chessblog.com/2010/01/kosteniuk-promotes-chess-to-millions-on.html" target="_blank">an explanation post</a> of what is said around minutes 3-4 of this video on her <a href="http://www.chessblog.com" target="_blank">chess blog</a>.

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Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<font size="2" color="blue" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">31.12.2009</font><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <p><img src="/photoenews3/BookSignings267.jpg" alt="Kosteniuk Book Signings" align="left">


Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk invites you to either or both of her Miami book "<a href="http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/diary-and-dvd-in-stock-december-9.html" target="_blank">Diary of a Chess Queen</a>" 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.

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Alexandra just published Episode #35 of...</title>
			<link>http://kosteniuk.com/index.php?lg=eng</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<font size="2" color="blue" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">30.12.2009</font><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <a href="http://www.kosteniuk.com/podcast/ChessIsCool35.mp3" target="_blank"><img src="/photoenews3/podcast35.jpg" alt="Kosteniuk Christmas Comic" align="left"></a>


Alexandra just published <a href="http://www.kosteniuk.com/podcast/ChessIsCool35.mp3" target="_blank">Episode #35</a> of her <a href="http://www.kosteniuk.com/podcast/" target="_blank">Chess is Cool Audio Podcast</a>. It's filled with news about her chess tournaments of this last fall, and more than 50 tips to play better blitz chess. 

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Alexandra is pleased to share with you her...</title>
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Alexandra is pleased to share with you her <a href="http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/my-christmas-chess-comic.html" target="_blank">Christmas Chess Comic</a>. It's available at no cost to schools and scholastic publications, just <a href="http://anti-email-spams.appspot.com/v/zi5" target="_blank">contact Alexandra</a> to get the original.


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Alexandra has created 2 Merry Christmas...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<font size="2" color="blue" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">15.12.2009</font><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <img src="/photoenews3/poscardmerryB267.jpg" alt="Kosteniuk wishes you a Merry Christmas" align="left">


Alexandra has created 2 Merry Christmas Postcards for you to share with your friends, see the <a href="/photoenews3/postcardMerry1.jpg" target="_blank"> FIRST</a> one, and the <a href="/photoenews3/postcardMerry2.jpg" target="_blank"> SECOND</a> one. She wishes all her fans to have Love in their hearts, Happiness in their lives, and some Chess during the holidays.

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We have 3 fresh photos from today's prize...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<font size="2" color="blue" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">04.12.2009</font><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <img src="/photoenews3/goldacpcup09.jpg" alt="Kosteniuk wins the ACP Rapid Cup" align="left">


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 <a href="/photoenews3/goldacp09w.jpg" target="_blank">GOLD</a>, <a href="/photoenews3/trioacp09bw.jpg" target="_blank">TOP3</a>, <a href="/photoenews3/allacp09w.jpg" target="_blank">ALL PLAYERS</a>. Please monitor <a href="http://www.chessblog.com" target="_blank">chessblog.com</a> for more news from Alexandra herself. <font color="red">NEW!</font> Read Alexandra's <a href="http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/kosteniuk-wins-first-acp-women-world.html" target="_blank">exclusive post</a> about this tournament.

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Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<font size="2" color="blue" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">03.12.2009</font><font size="2" color="black" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <img src="/photoenews3/ACPrapid09win.jpg" alt="Kosteniuk wins the ACP Rapid Cup" align="left">


Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk has displayed a fantastic result at the <a href="http://womenrapid2009.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_turnuva/task,show/dosya,22/Itemid,22/lang,en/" target="_blank">First ACP Women Rapid Cup</a> 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 <a href="http://womenrapid2009.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_turnuva/task,show/dosya,22/Itemid,22/lang,en/" target="_blank">crosstable</a>). Alexandra's <a href="http://womenrapid2009.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_turnuva/task,show/dosya,57/Itemid,57/lang,en/" target="_blank">performance</a> corresponds to an impressive 2746 ELO. She will <a href="http://www.chessblog.com" target="_blank">chessblog</a> about it a little later today.

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