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Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk (Russian: Алекса́ндра Константи́новна Костеню́к; born 23 April 1984) is a Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster who was the Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010 and Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in 2021. She was European women's champion in 2004 and a two-time Russian Women's Chess Champion (in 2005 and 2016). Kosteniuk won the team gold medal playing for Russia at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012 and 2014; the Women's World Team Chess Championship of 2017; and the Women's European Team Chess Championships of 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2017; and the Women's Chess World Cup 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandra Kosteniuk has received more than 434,257 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Alexandra Kosteniuk is the 201st most popular chess player (down from 198th in 2019), the 2,151st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,917th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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  • 42

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  • 4.39

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  • 3.56

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Alexandra Kosteniuk ranks 201 out of 374Before her are Nick de Firmian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Fabiano Caruana, Boris Gulko, Nigel Short, and Fred Yates. After her are Alexander Morozevich, Antoaneta Stefanova, Andrija Fuderer, Roberto Grau, Irina Levitina, and John Nunn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Alexandra Kosteniuk ranks 150Before her are Karolína Kurková, Akiho Yoshizawa, Marion Bartoli, José Holebas, Jonas Gonçalves Oliveira, and Finn Wittrock. After her are Vera Zvonareva, Chris Bosh, Kid Cudi, João Pereira, Passenger, and Andreas Seppi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexandra Kosteniuk ranks 2,151 out of 3,262Before her are Aida Garifullina (1987), Andrei Khomutov (1961), Anton Siluanov (1963), Evgenia Medvedeva (1999), Arcadi Volodos (1972), and Israel Tsvaygenbaum (1961). After her are Vera Zvonareva (1984), Yuri Shatunov (1973), Māra Zālīte (1952), Ilia Kulik (1977), Viktor Rashchupkin (1950), and Alexander Morozevich (1977).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Alexandra Kosteniuk ranks 29Before her are Lev Alburt (1945), Artur Yusupov (1960), Leonid Shamkovich (1923), Ian Nepomniachtchi (1990), Larissa Volpert (1926), and Alexander Grischuk (1983). After her are Alexander Morozevich (1977), Irina Levitina (1954), Andrei Sokolov (1963), Peter Svidler (1976), Lev Psakhis (1958), and Alisa Galliamova (1972).

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