Alexandra Kosteniuk
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniukis a Russian chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth23 April 1984
CountryRussian Federation
tuition study enough
Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition.
thinking winning people
You have to win something for people to think about you.
chess spectacular
Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular.
models modeling session
I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions.
people chess ifs
If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.
play chess faces
It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
distance play lessons
It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool!
dad army things-in-life
My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.
people forget
When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.
sports men chess
A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.