ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva defeated Switzerland’s Alexandra Kosteniuk in a women’s exhibition match held alongside the Freestyle Chess World Championship in Germany, becoming the first ...

Former women’s world champions Alexandra Kosteniuk and Anna Ushenina will lock horns in the super final of the women’s speed chess championships, organized by the FIDE, on Monday. Speaking about ...

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 ...

The new face of chess is not a nerdy, nondescript, temperamental teen-age boy — but a smart, hip, sexy 17-year-old girl. Dubbed the "Anna Kournikova of Chess," Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia has wowed ...

Former women’s world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk got the better of Koneru Humpy 7-5 to win the fourth and final Grand Prix leg of the women’s speed chess tournament on Sunday. Kosteniuk started off ...

The 14th seed capitalised on a Goryachkina mistake yesterday to win the first game, meaning a draw today would be enough to win the World Cup. Kosteniuk played it safe, only having to avoid defeat, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kosteniuk is competing for Switzerland after switching from the Russian National Federation this year. The 2021 World Cup winner was stunned at the Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard by Serbia's Teodora ...