Talk:Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Dysprosia, I don't understand what is NPOV in the sentence "She doesn't hesitate to use her female beauty to increase her popularity. " She explictly chose to use her beauty which other female players could have done too. She admitted that in an interview and you can also see the many pics of her on her homepageAndries 12:26, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Don't people applying for the GM title generally also have to have a mininum ELO of 2500? RedWolf 22:29, Jun 4, 2004 (UTC)


 * Redwolf, no, I don't thinks so. Look here http://www.kosteniuk.com/photosenews/gmtitle.jpg and scroll down to Stefanova Antoanetta. Andries 08:39, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)


 * FIDE website says the following :

1.50c 	To have achieved at some time or other a rating as follows: GM 2500 IM 2400 WGM 2300 WIM 2200


 * 1.50c1 	Such a rating need not be published. It can be obtained in the middle of a rating period, or even in the middle of a tournament. The player may then disregard subsequent results for the purpose of their title application. However the burden of proof then rests with the federation of the title applicant. It is recommended that players receive a certificate from the Chief Arbiter where they achieve the rating level during an event. Title applications based on unpublished ratings shall only be accepted by FIDE after agreement with the Rating Administrator.


 * It also says

1.45b 	For a GM norm at least 3 of the opponents must be GMs.
 * which seems to make Kosteniuk's result ineligible, since only one opponent was GM. Andris 15:36, Jun 5, 2004 (UTC)


 * There are two more things that I don't understand. First, the FIDE website says that two qualifying results are needed

1.50 	Requirements for award of the title, having achieved norms 1.50a 	Two or more norms in events covering at least 27 games
 * and I cannot find the second qualifying result on Kosteniuk's site. Second, FIDE lists all qualifying norms they have accepted and Kosteniuk's name is not there. Given all of those, I would rather remove the sentence from the article now and restore it when FIDE grants GM title to her. Andris 18:52, Jun 5, 2004 (UTC)

GM title awarded in Calvia November 2004
Well now that Alexandra got the title of GM officially from FIDE and has passed the rating of 2500, the question of her GM title is over. Well done, young lady!

The FIDE website still lists her as WGM - I remember this was a problem for Judit Polgar for some time, as well. See her rating card:  Can someone pls confirm FIDE is out of date? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polgar (talk • contribs) 04:04, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Non-biased Appraisall
All detailss oin this bio are non-biased.

Criticism should be sourced and notable
The following critical comments must be sourced to notable sources. Wikipedia cannot be used to defame people. See biographies of living persons (I do not agree with everything in that guideline). Please give a notable source or will remove the statement.
 * "Her self promotion has been drawing a fair amount of criticism lately including articles calling into question the validity of the beauty and chess philosophy she has been espousing."

Andries 21:36, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

News Reference Added
I have added the news reference that discusses the debate surrounding Alexandra Kosteniuk.
 * That article is a general discussion about using female beauty in chess. I think that article belongs in e.g. women in chess. Andries 20:50, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Chess is Cool Podcast
I am entirely sure that the chess is cool podcast is NOT weekly. I believe it cannot be described as regular either. I think the only thing you could call it is a podcast. I 03:22, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Very true, the last podcast was posted on the 25th of October 2006.

Added by Russiandragon @ 26.04.07

Expecting a baby !
I think the chessqueen is expecting a little chessqueen or -knight! When I was looking at some of her recent pictures I definitely saw some pregnancy related chubbiness in her figure. If it's true I wish her and her husband, Diego Garces all the happiness in the world!

Added by Russiandragon @ 26.04.07

She is expecting a baby (now about 7 months pregnant) as she tells on her website.

Added by Russiandragon @ 2.05.07

2001 European champion
The article said that she won the female 2001 European championship. Someone changed it to "male" a short time ago. I removed it pending clarification. Which 2001 European championship did she win? Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 17:49, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


 * From her website it is apparently the women's championship, so I'll change it. Please correct it if that is wrong. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 18:03, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Men's
The section entitled "Chess Career" says: "... In 2013, she became the first woman to win the men’s Swiss Chess Championship. That year she also won the women's Swiss Championship, and thus became the first person to win both the women’s and men’s national chess titles in Switzerland. ..."

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While I appreciate that terms like "men's title" or "men's championship" can be a quick way to distinguish from Women's-only events and titles, such terms can also leave some readers confused as to how a woman could have a "Men's" title.

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To be precise, there are no Men's titles or events. There are indeed Women's-only events and such events contribute to Women's titles. The other events and titles are open to anyone.

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Not sure what the fix is though; because, dropping the prefix "Men" while eliminating one source of confusion will probably create a different type of confusion. If anyone has a fix, please propose it here first so it has time for many eyes to contemplate its clarity.

jg (talk) 03:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

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Since there was no feedback here as to which approach to correcting the above segment would be the least confusing, I added a parenthetical and put the incorrect term, Men's, in quotes. This leaves the original passage almost completely in tact while also removing erroneous impression that there are "Men's" title in chess.

. jg (talk) 08:31, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

marriages
The article has her marrying twice but doesn't indicate when her first marriage was terminated. 5.34.84.140 (talk) 15:13, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster
Is there some universal thing on wikipedia how we call chess players or sports players in general?

https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/324239/african-american-or-filipino-american-how-do-you-distinguish-americans-of-a

Eg


 * 1) Wesley So - 'Filipino and American'
 * 2) Anish Giri - just 'Dutch'
 * 3) Sergey Karjakin - 'Russian chess grandmaster (formerly representing Ukraine)'
 * 4) Fabiano Caruana - 'Italian and American chess grandmaster'
 * 5) Alexandra Kosteniuk - 'Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster who was'
 * 6) Bobby Fischer - just 'American'

Well apart from Anish & Sergey, I think the point is regardless of their current nationality / nationalities, say all the countries that have represented, hence


 * 1) Bobby, as a chess player, isn't Icelandic.
 * 2) Wesley So, Fabi & Alexandra are considered present tense resp Filipino Italian & Russian

But why don't Anish & Sergey follow this pattern? Thewriter006 (talk) 02:32, 14 June 2023 (UTC)