Alexandra Kosteniuk

by Billy Dfrom http://egotvonline.com/ You just know that all the hot chicks in high school were in the chess club. Cheerleaders, no thanks. We want girls with brains,(and beauty, if possible). Here are some specimens who not only made it in the ranks of professional chess, but also make for a nice swimsuit calendar, if Sports Illustrated will finally ever get to the chess/swimsuit issue we’ve all been hoping for. In no particular order: 1. Alexandra Kosteniuk Alexandra Kosteniuk is a Russian...Read Full Story

Smart and sexy, 24 year old Anna Sharevich won the Women’s Belarusian Chess Championship in 2002 when she was only 16 years old. She comes from a family of avid chess players since her father began teaching the game to her and her brothers when they were still toddlers.   Anna continued showing off her years of practice by winning the championship twice more. She was also granted the prestigious title of Woman Grandmaster and played for Belarus in the Women’s Chess Olympiads on 4 occasions...Read Full Story

PRESS RELEASE RELEASED MARCH 3, 2010 by PEACE AND SPORT & CHESSQUEEN: The Chess Queen Becomes Champion for Peace MONACO, MARCH 3, 2010 – WOMEN’S WORLD CHESS CHAMPION ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK TODAY JOINED "CHAMPIONS FOR PEACE”, A CLUB OF TOP INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES COMMITTED TO SERVING PEACE IN THE WORLD THROUGH SPORT. Champions for Peace, an initiative from “Peace and Sport, l’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport” is now delighted to count 39 heroes from the winner’s podium who actively or...Read Full Story

Alexandra Kosteniuk - Miss July 2005 large sections of women. Alexandra Kosteniuk is a great and intelligent woman with many accomplishments. He is a Russian chess Grandmaster and he is also the current World Women’s Chess Champion. Nationality: Russia Birthday: April 23, 1984 ELO: 2508 Title: IM, WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk Grandmaster’s Women’s World Champion from 2008 until now. His FIDE rating is 2525. He is at number 8 in October 2008 FIDE rating list for women. The ratings peaked in April...Read Full Story

A record number of 153 nations were represented at this year’s Chess Olympiad which ran from September 21st to October 3rd.   Since the tournament was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, and there are so many talented players from this country, Russia was represented by 5 men’s teams and 3 women’s teams.   The first Russian women’s team won the gold, thanks to Grand Master Tatiana Kosintseva and her sister, International Master Nadezhda Kosintseva. These ladies have risen to the top ranks of...Read Full Story

The Russian-born World Women’s Chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Peruvian hopeful Dysi Cori in a match. The ‘2010 Machu Picchu Challenge’ was held in Machu Picchu as Kosteniuk collected the winner’s purse of 10,000 soles ($3,500 US dollars). ‘This is out of the ordinary, extraordinary experience. I have played chess my entire life and I have never had an experience like this to play is such a moving place’, said Kosteniuk after beating Cori. Cori, Peru’s Grandmaster, received 2,000...Read Full Story

Sports Celebrities Sexiest female chess players! 1. Alexandra Kosteniuk Alexandra Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster who won the 2008 World Women’s Championship title in Nalchik, Russia. Alexandra has been in the finals of 2001 Championships also at the age of just 17, but she lost on that occasion. She was the European champion in 2004 and the Chess960 (Fischer Random) world champion in 2006 which she defended this year also. Kosteniuk also won the 2005 Russian Women’s...Read Full Story

Alexandra Kosteniuk’s Chess wooden pieces single-piece flat (no fold) chess board Excellent introductory chess set with wooden pieces at a great price. Full-color instruction manual. Rating: (out of reviews) List Price: Price: $ 8.98 Related Chess ProductsRead Full Story

With 20 points under its belt, Russia is first on the women’s side of the 39th World Chess Olympiad, which ended in the oil city of Khanty-Mansiysk in Western Siberia on October 3rd. The triumph is this country’s first of its kind in 24 years. In their closing round, the Russian women routed their rivals from Bulgaria 4-0. One veteran team member is the world champion in women’s chess Alexandra Kosteniuk (pictured): “This difficult and long-awaited victory is all the more heartening for the...Read Full Story

Anton Taylor, Senior Administrator of Chessvine.com with the current Women's World Chess Champion, Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk.Read Full Story