24.04.2011 Chess Queen� Alexandra Kosteniuk is 2011 Russian Chess Blitz Champion!
Alexandra scored 11/14 in the final (performance of 2652 ELO), ahead of
Gunina (10.5), then Bodnaruk & Zaiats (9), Ambartsumova (8.5),
Turova & Kovanova & Tomilova (8), Galliamova & Romanko &
Fominikh & Sukhareva (7.5), Kashlinskaya & Vasilevich &
Novikova (7), Pogonina & Kabanova (6.5), Girya (6), etc. 24 players.
See the Final Results Table here. Also read Alexandra's Chessblog post.
If you'd like to see Alexandra in action make sure to visit her YouTube channel. It won't be a surprise to you she has beaten the strongest men on the planet Anand, Carlsen, Aronian, as well as top woman Judit Polgar.
23.04.2011
We congratulate Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk for leading her team to
victory in the 2011 Russian Team Championships, played in Olginka,
Russia.
Her team was comprised of (from left to right in the photo) Alina
Kashlinskaya (Board 5, 4/5), Valentina Gunina (Board 2, 4/6), Alexandra
Kosteniuk (Board 1, 6/7), Olga Girya (Board 4, 2/4), and Marina Romanko
(Board 3, 2/6). In second position was the team led by Zhukova and
Munguntuul, and in 3rd the team led by Stefanova and Lahno. The
championship was very strong this year. See full results here and blog post here. Watch all my games here.
23.04.2011
By beating ex-world champion Antoaneta Stefanova in the last round of
the Russian Club Chess Championships, Alexandra scored 6/7 and a
performance of 2746 ELO. This is equivalent to approximately +20 ELO
points for the next rating list. See the individual table here, and Alexandra's individual results here (which includes wins against superstars Galliamova, Zhukova, and Stefanova).
