Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Alexandra Kosteniuk

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Russian celebrity Alexandra Kosteniuk.
Last updated on December 6, 2024.
Alexandra Kosteniuk

Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian-Swiss chess grandmaster who is the reigning Women's World Rapid Chess Champion, and the former Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010. She was European women's champion in 2004 and a two-time Russian Women's Chess Champion. 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.

A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.
You have to win something for people to think about you.
Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular. — © Alexandra Kosteniuk
Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular.
I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions.
It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.
It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool!
Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition.
My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.
When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.
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