Alexandra Kosteniuk

Chess News, Tips, and Deals from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk View this email in your browser Hello my dear chess friends, Following my last newsletter with news of our Russian women's team success at the Tromso Olympiads, I am glad to let you know that I have been able to equal and now surpass my rating record of 2540, which I reached 8 years ago, just before the birth of my daughter. My September 1, 2014 rating is 2543 and it's changing daily now that I am playing at the Bilbao Club Cup. More info on how you can check the top world players live chess ratings on my post. If you're interested in the program or free training for Chess King 4 with Houdini 4, email me for a link to download free MP4 video of 2+ hours of free video tutorials I recorded with Steve Lopez. The MAC and PC versions and many more DVD's and software are in our shop. Email me if you'd like a $10 discount coupon. Best chess wishes to you, Alexandra Kosteniuk 12th women's world chess champion  Can you move your knight faster than me? In December I ran a competition and got over 5K video views on YouTube. Brandon S. was the best to submit a video and won the top prize, congratulations! Jesús M. won the second prize.   See how my rating improved that last year and all my last news on my personal blog.   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. See how I did that in my post (lots of photos!).   The first 2 weeks of July I played in the super prestigious Geneva Chess Masters, a closed tournament finally won by GMs Mamedyarov in front of Kramnik and Nakamura. I created a mini-sensation by beating French champion Romain Edouard 2-0 in our match. See my post with 4-minute YouTube video of the game. If you have not yet seen my funny chess lesson for kids, check it out here! On Sunday July 13 will take place the Corsica Blitz Chess Tournament, I'll be there! Check out the 2+ hours of free video tutorials about Chess King 4 (PC or Mac) at this YouTube link.   After a not-so-good start 2/5 on the first day of the Moscow Rapid Chess Superfinal, I was able to come back with 4/4 to tie for 3rd place, then beat Olga Girya in the Bronze tie-break in a very sharp Sicilian Defense game. See some photos and the last tie-break game in Chess King’s applet.   Amazon has excellent prices for the latest Chess King Products. See the strongest Chess King and the whole Amazon Chess King store. If you like auctions, check out the Chess King eBay Store.   In Chess King, apart from the many ways to enter a position into the program, if you need to enter a FEN position, just press Shift+Insert with the FEN in your clipboard and the position will appear on the setup board. You can then analyse it or play it against the engine. See more tips in our support page and our free 22 video tutorials! Thanks to everyone who connects with me on all social sites, I sincerely appreciate it!  On Twitter I remain the only chess grandmaster (male or female) to have a “verified” account. Connect with me also on YouTube (chessqueen, chessking, chesskillertips, “chessqueentv“), Instagram (“chessqueen“), LinkedIn (Alexandra Kosteniuk). Any purchase from my shop helps me pay for my chess training, thanks! If you want to solve more cool chess puzzles, check out www.chess-king.com Email me for info or help using Chess King Have you seen this 2 minute video from my YouTube channel? Can you believe one of the top world GM's did not see it coming? Would you? Do you want me to create more YouTube videos? Like Tweet Forward to Friend Copyright © 2014 Chessqueen, Inc., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to it on either www.chessqueen.com or www.chess-king.com or www.kosteniuk.com or www.chessblog.com Our mailing address is: Chessqueen, Inc. 284 Seaview Drive Key Biscayne, FL 33149 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences