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12/20/2004 Archived Entry: " Kosteniuk obtiene el título de GM absoluto"

La bella jugadora rusa Alexandra Kosteniuk recibió en el reciente Congreso de la FIDE el título de Gran Maestra absoluta, siendo la 10ma mujer en la historia en alcanzarlo y la primera rusa. Kosteniuk

CHESS GRANDMASTER ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK'S KEY NEWS FOR 2004

Alexandra was officially awarded the GM (men ) title at the most recent FIDE Congress. She is the 10th woman in history to get that title, and the first Russian.

Alexandra was the guest of honor at the recent Russian Men superfinal, with Garry Kasparov. Here's a good picture of them together.

Alexandra, on the first board of her national Russian team, helped her team get the bronze medal at the Calvia Olympiads.

Alexandra was crowned European Champion 2004 in Dresden, did a 2625 performance.

Alexandra's November 1, 2004 FIDE Rating is 2508, USCF Rating 2573 Making Alexandra #1 Girl U20 in World, #4 Woman in World, #1 Woman in the USA.

New chess photos came out, by P.-W. Henry, and Zh. Minkovich. All of Alexandra's photo albums can be found here.

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