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 ...

Alexandra Kosteniuk is leading the Women's Chess World Cup final against Aleksandra Goryachkina ©FIDE/Anastasiia Korolkova The three-time world champion may be a decade past what appeared her best ...

Indian Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli played out a hard-fought draw against former champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the first game of the third round in the Women's World Chess Championships on Saturday ...

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa made history by becoming the first Indian to win the Norway Chess title, his sister R Vaishali ...

Alexandra Kosteniuk is to represent Switzerland after being given permission by FIDE to switch from Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine ©Getty Images Kosteniuk, winner of the FIDE Women ...

A special ceremonial felicitation was held in Moscow on May 8, to congratulate Women’s World Blitz Chess Champion, Valentina Gunina and Women’s World Rapid Chess Vice-Champion, Alexandra Kosteniuk.

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 ...

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One essential element always was missing from chess. Great female players like Judith Polgar. Nobody knows the reason, but chess still remains a male bastion. To bring in women, FIDE, the world 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 ...