What is Alexandra Kosteniuk?
[[File:Fondation Neva Women's Grand Prix Geneva 11-05-2013 - Alexandra Kosteniuk.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Alexandra Kosteniuk]]'''Alexandra Kosteniuk'''<ref>{{lang-ru|Александра Константиновна Костенюк}}</ref> (born [[Perm]], [[Volga]], 23 April 1984) is a Russian [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] and former [[List of World Chess Champions#Women's World Champions|Women's World Chess Champion]]. She lost her title in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/searchresult.asp |title=ChessBase News |access-date=2010-03-24 |archive-date=2010-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402093417/http://chessbase.com/searchresult.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> Alexandra is married, and lives with her husband and daughter in Key Biscayne, [[Miami]], [[Florida]]. Kosteniuk is now ranked 31st in the current [[FIDE]] rating list for women.<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=women FIDE top 100 women]</ref> She is no longer playing regularly. The highest rated woman, [[Judit Polgar]] ([[Hungary]]), never plays in female events. The second highest rated woman is Humpy Koneru ([[India]]); she has never won the women's world championship. == Some data == === Notable games === * [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1327780 Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Alexander Onischuk, Corus, Group B 2005, Spanish Game: Classical Variation (C65), 1–0] * [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1504421 Anna Ushenina vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, WWCh. 2008, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Noa Variation (E34), 0–1] === Other websites === {{commons|Alexandra Kosteniuk|Alexandra Kosteniuk}} * [http://latestchess.com/showInterview.php?id=9 Interview with Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk on LatestChess site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506035709/http://www.latestchess.com/showInterview.php?id=9 |date=2008-05-06 }} * [http://www.vnexpress.net/Vietnam/The-thao/Chan-dung/2007/07/3B9F89C5/ Photo collection of Kosteniuk] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130419042456/www.vnexpress.net/