Alexandra Kosteniuk is leading the Women's Chess World Cup final against Aleksandra Goryachkina ©FIDE/Anastasiia Korolkova The three-time world champion may be a decade past what appeared her best ...

Former women's world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, who holds dual Russian-Swiss citizenship, will compete on Switzerland's female grandmasters' team as of January 1, 2024, the Swiss Chess ...

Former women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk will play under the Swiss flag in future chess competitions. She's one of several top Russian players to have left the country or criticized the ...

Alexandra Kosteniuk is to represent Switzerland after being given permission by FIDE to switch from Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine ©Getty Images Kosteniuk, winner of the FIDE Women ...

In less than 24 hours of being posted, a chess video of 12th World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk against China’s No. 1 player Wang Hao has gone viral on the Internet. The video shows the ...

With medals around his neck, and friends and family members everywhere, Colby Kosteniuk savoured a triumphant homecoming at Regina International Airport. Kosteniuk was greeted Saturday night by ...

For the first time in Switzerland’s 113-year chess history, a woman has been able to win both the women’s and men’s national chess titles. Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk achieved the distinction ...

Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia clinched the World Women's Chess Championship after playing out a draw with Yifan Hao of China. NALCHIK (Russia): Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk ended a ...