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Archive for September, 2010

September 26th, 2010

Russia Team-1 in Khanty-Mansiysk

Hi Everyone!
Today is the first free day of the Olympiad and the teams are resting and getting ready for the next 6 rounds. After the first 5 rounds in the women’s tournament the teams of Russia and Ukraine are in the lead and tomorrow we will meet in a direct encounter. Before this round our team went for a nice autumn stroll in Khanty-Mansiysk. The weather is perfect for this time of this year. All trees are yellow and in the Victory Park I found a nice poster , have a look a the photo below. Read more…

September 11th, 2010

Kosteniuk in TV show Bolshie Gonki

To the left is a photo of me on TV, it was the TV game show I did the shooting for in Paris this summer (I also did a trivia competition about it). I just got the DVD of the show and have posted it on my second YouTube channel “chessqueenTV” (my first YouTube channel is “chessqueen” and my third one is “chesskillertips“.  You can now see the video here below in an embedded player: Read more…

September 11th, 2010

Name the Players from Russia 1 & 2

Hi Everybody!
I’m now training with the Russian National Team, preparing for the upcoming Chess Olympiads in Khanty Mansiysk. After the chess training, each evening, most players and coaches from Russia 1 & 2 play soccer, it’s great, we have a great time together, the teams are very friendly! Can you name the players and coaches? If you click “Read more…” you will see a larger photo. Good luck!  Read more…

September 5th, 2010

Chess Queen Kosteniuk tops 100K Twitter followers

Hi everybody!

I just want to let you know that I passed the milestone of 100,000 followers on Twitter. Twitter has now become a major social network with millions of members, and as you can see lots of chess players. You can visit my Twitter page at http://twitter.com/chessqueen and sign up to follow my updates (it’s free to join Twitter). There are some Chess GM’s on Twitter, a good list can be found on twitterchess.com. Check out also my Facebook page & YouTube channel.

Posted by Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk, women’s world chess champion

September 5th, 2010

Alexandra Kosteniuk has 100,000 twitter followers

Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk passed the milestone of 100,000 followers on Twitter. Twitter has now become a major social network with millions of members, and lots of chess players. You can visit her Twitter page at http://twitter.com/chessqueen and sign up to follow her updates (it’s free to join Twitter). There are some Chess GM’s on Twitter, a good list can be found on twitterchess.com. Check out also Alexandra’s Facebook page & YouTube channel.

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September 1st, 2010

September 1: Kosteniuk Plans ahead

Hello everybody!
September 1 is a big holiday in Russia, the Day of Knowledge. All children start their school on this day, they bring flowers to their teachers, and some of them hear the ring of the school bell for the first time in their lives. While thinking about the days Read more…