Like most elite chess players, Kosteniuk learned the game at a young age; her father quit his job to begin teaching her full-time when she was 5 years old. She also wrote an autobiography, Diary of a Chess Queen In addition, she produced various instructional chess DVDs and in began publishing a podcast called Chess Is Cool. Kosteniuk graduated from the Russian State Academy of Physical Education in as a certified professional chess trainer. Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk.

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Up to now, she has done everything right -being a master at 8 and a grandmaster at But, like Kournikova, Kosteniuk knows that she is pretty and uses her beauty to make her game popular all over the world. She has been on covers of fashion magazines and has contracts with Russian electronics firms and mobile phone companies. She also markets a computer chess game called " Alexandra the Great ". By doing all this she wants to give chess a better image in public than it now has.
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Alexandra Kosteniuk is among the best female chess players. Kosteniuk remains active in chess events across the world. In , Kosteniuk became the European Champion among girls under the age of One month later, she finished in a tie for first place but took home silver at the World Youth Championships for the U Girls section.