India’s Dronavalli Harika got the better of former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the third round while Koneru Humpy drew with reigning world champion Ju Wenjun of China at the Cairns Cup in St ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russia's former world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk has revealed that she plans to play under Switzerland's flag next year after the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced that Russian ...

The best women’s chess player in the world flipped a dirty diaper into the trash as she pondered her next move after a dominating year. “I want to open a chess academy online, keep training, doing the ...

The Russian chess grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk will join the Swiss women’s national chess team as of January 1, 2024. Kosteniuk, the 2008 women’s chess world champion, ranks ninth among the world’s ...

Alexandra Kosteniuk claimed the first Women's Chess World Cup title today in Sochi in an all-Russian tie against top seed Aleksandra Goryachkina, drawing today's game to seal the win. The 14th seed ...

In a contest that went down to the wire, it was Anna Ushenina who held her nerve to edge past Alexandra Kosteniuk 14.5-13.5 and clinch the women's speed chess championships, organized by FIDE, late on ...