Alexandra at 35th Chess Olympiad Bled 2002

Alexandra Kosteniuk (Александра Костенюк) (born April 23, 1984 in Perm, Russia) is a Russian chess player who became female European champion in 2004 by winning the tournament in Dresden, Germany. Download high resolution version (698x705, 98 KB)Alexandra Kosteniuk at Chess olympiad Bled 2002. ... Download high resolution version (698x705, 98 KB)Alexandra Kosteniuk at Chess olympiad Bled 2002. ... The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been officially organised by FIDE since 1927 and takes place every second year. ... Area: 188. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City of Perm, Church of Ascension Perm (Russian: ) is a city in and administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to some dispute as to Europes actual borders. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Brühls Terrace and the Frauenkirche Dresden [ˈdreːsdn̩] (Sorbian/Lusatian Drježdźany), the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ...

In November 2004, she achieved the International Grandmaster title, becoming one of the eleven women to ever receive the highest title awarded by the World Chess Federation {FIDE). She also holds the titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is third on the April 2006 FIDE women Elo rating list with a rating of 2540. Kosteniuk won the 2005 Russian Women's Championship, held from May 14 to 26 in Samara, Russia, finishing with a score of +7 =4 -0. She became vice-champion of the world at the Women's World Championship in Moscow, 2001. November 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Events Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John... The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Woman Grandmaster (WGM) is the highest-ranking chess title restricted to women aside from Womens World Champion. ... The title International Master is awarded to outstanding chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. The title is open to both men and women. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ... Samara (Russian: ), from 1935 to 1991—Kuybyshev (), is a major city situated on the Volga River in the southeastern part of European Russia, Volga Federal District, the administrative center of Samara Oblast. ...

Kosteniuk's mantras have been "chess is cool" and "beauty and intelligence can go together". With these as a backdrop, Kosteniuk has been promoting chess in the capacity of a fashion model in order to spark interest in the game around the world. She is also the host of a popular weekly podcast "Chess is Cool". A mantra is a religious syllable or poem, typically from the Sanskrit language. ... A model is a person who acts as a human prop for purposes of art, pornography, fashion, advertising, etc. ... The term podcasting is a portmanteau of the words iPod and broadcasting. ...

Her website (see below) covers the events she is playing in and contains a large photo gallery of herself.

External links

• Kosteniuk's website
• 20 Critical Positions from Her Games
• Online Chess Interview at ChessManiac.com
• FIDE rating card for Alexandra Kosteniuk