Alexandra Kosteniuk (born April, 23, 1984)

is a chess Grandmaster and the 12th Women’s World Chess Champion. She began playing chess at the age of five, and by 14 she had become the youngest Woman Grandmaster in the world at that time. At 17, Alexandra reached the final of the Women’s World Chess Championship in 2001, finishing as runner-up after a close tie-break battle. Throughout her career she has been among the leading figures in women’s chess, winning numerous titles and representing her national teams with outstanding results. After more than two decades representing Russia, Alexandra switched to the Swiss Chess Federation in March 2023.

Main victories and titles:

· Women's vice-champion of the world (2001)

· Women's European champion (2004)

· Women's Russian champion (2005, 2016)

· 12th women's world champion (2008-2010)

· Winner of 2 world Chess-960 chess festivals (2006, 2008)

· Three-time gold Olympiad medal winner for the Russian national team (2010, 2012, 2014)

· 5-times European team champion with the Russian national team (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)

· Winner of the SportAcccord (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) and IMSA games (2016, 2019)

· 2-times Women's World Team Champion with the Russian national team (2017, 2021)

· Women's World Rapid Vice-Champion (2012, 2014, 2016)

· Women's World Blitz Vice-Champion (2023)

· Women's European Rapid Champion (2015, 2019, 2023)

· Women's European Blitz Champion (2001, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)

· Winner of the FIDE Women's Grand-Prix: Monaco (2019), Munich (2023)

· Winner of the FIDE Women's World Cup (2021)

· FIDE Women's World Rapid Champion (2021) 

· FIDE World Team Champion with WR Chess team (rapid 2023), (blitz 2024, 2025)

· Global Chess League 2024 winner with Triveni Kings Team