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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Alexandra Kosteniuk Chess Cup U-6, U-8, U-10 in Svetlogorsk, Russia on December 3-4, 2011
We invite you to the Kosteniuk Chess Cup 2011!
Dear friends!
As you may know, each year I organize a tournament for kids, with many prizes and no entry fee, so I am glad to let you know that this year it will take place again!
The 5th Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Cup will take place on December 3 and 4, 2011 in the city of Svetlogorsk, Russia. All kids born in 2001 and younger are invited to take part in this tournament. There is no entry fee and each participant gets a present.
Photo-albums of the 1st Alexandra Kosteniuk Cup held in Moscow 2007 can be seen here.
2nd Alexandra Kosteniuk Cup held in Moscow in 2008 can be seen here.
3rd Alexandra Kosteniuk Cup held in Elista in 2009 can be found here.
4th Alexandra Kosteniuk Cup held in Svetlogorsk 2010 can be found here.
Дорогие друзья!
Рада пригласить самых юных любителей шахмат принять участие в 5-м Кубке Александры Костенюк, который пройдет 3 и 4 декабря 2011 среди детей до 6, до 8 лет, и до 10 лет в городе Светлогорск, Калининградской области.
Победители Кубка Александры Костенюк 2008, 2009, 2010 годов и чемпионы России и других стран 2011 года до 8 и до 10 лет обеспечиваются бесплатным проживанием и питанием во время турнира.
Турниры на кубок 12-й чемпионки мира по шахматам Александры Костенюк проходят ежегодно, начиная с 2007 года. Особенность этих турниров в том, что соревнования проходят в течение двух дней, юные участники не платят турнирные взносы и каждый шахматист уезжает домой с памятными призами.
Рассказ о 4-м кубке Александры Костенюк с фотографиями и видео можно посмотреть здесь.
Положение турнира, являющееся официальным вызовом, смотрите здесь.
Cool live chess game and reminder about Alexandra Kosteniuk Chess Cup for kids
Chess News and Chess Trivia Blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
A cool game of chess
Hi Everybody,
We get very excited whenever a school does something special for chess and kids. So, reading this article was a source of great joy.
Stamford's A.J. Gerace, 7, plays a lot of chess, but Sunday he found a new way to go about it. A.J. played the king's pawn in a human chess game at Ryan Park in Norwalk. A.J., whose grandmother lives in Norwalk, even got to make the first move, standing in the middle of the board by himself until a black pawn stepped out to greet him.
"They're meeting head-on," the announcer said. "While the two brave pawns glare daggers at each other, they're in the middle of the field [and] they can't touch each other. Remember, pawns can only step into the square in front of them."
Instruction about chess was a steady component of the event, the first human chess game in Norwalk. But one Stamford resident is learning more than strategy when he plays chess. Gerardo Maguina, 13, came here from Peru three months ago and chess is helping him bridge the gap with his new school and play mates.
You can read more about the fun these kids had and check out great photos at the article link above.
Meanwhile, if your school is organizing some great chess event don't forget to share it with us.
Also, hope you're keeping track of the 4th Alexandra Kosteniuk 2010 Cup for Kids U-6, U-8, U-10. It is being held on November 27 and 28, 2010 in the city Yantarny, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. You can read all about it at our previous blog entry here.
Alexandra Kosteniuk 2010 Cup for Kids U-6, U-8, U-10
We invite you to the Kosteniuk Chess Cup 2010!
Dear all!
As you may know, each year I organize a tournament for kids, with many prizes and no entry fee, so I am glad to let you know that this year it will take place again!
On November 27 and 28, 2010 in the city Yantarny, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, the 4th Cup of Alexandra Kosteniuk for kids under 6, under 8 and under 10 years old will take place.
Рада пригласить самых юных любителей шахмат принять участие в 4-м Кубке Александры Костенюк, который пройдет 27 и 28 ноября 2010 среди детей до 6 и до 8 лет, а также, впервые, среди детей до 10 лет в поселке Янтарный, Калининградской области.
Турниры на кубок 12-й чемпионки мира по шахматам Александры Костенюк проходят ежегодно, начиная с 2007 года. Особенность этих турниров в том, что соревнования проходят в течение двух дней, юные участники не платят турнирные взносы и каждый шахматист уезжает домой с памятными призами.
I just wanted to let you all know that on November 28 and 29, 2009 the third Alexandra Kosteniuk Chess Cup for Kids under 6 (yob - 2003 and younger) and under 8 (yob - 2001 and younger) will take place in Elista, Russia.
Elista is the capital of the republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation (Russia). It is located on the South of Russia, approximately 2,5 hours by plane from Moscow. Two very entertaining artciles about arriving to Elista and about Kalmykia with many photos can be found on chessbase.com, here and here.
The Alexandra Kosteniuk Chess Cup for Kids will be held in the City-Chess in Elista. You can have a look at the City-Chess and listen to the interview with Kirsan Ilymzhinov - the president of FIDE and of the Republic of Kalmykia, in Russian, here.
It will be a 8 rounds swiss system tournament with the time control of 25 minutes to each participant for one game. The regulations of the tournament (in Russian) can be found here.
For more information about the tournament you can write me an email, and I will gladly help you.
Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk Women's World Chess Champion www.chessblog.com
I'm glad to announce that the 1st Alexandra Kosteniuk's USA Chess Cup for kids that was held on July 11, 2009 at the Miami Chess Academy was a big success!
33 young players took part in this event. I thank all the participants and the owner of the Miami Chess Academy Blas Lugo for helping to create this special event. I hope to organize Alexandra Kosteniuk's USA Chess Cup for kids every year so many more kids can participate. All the participants of the Alexandra Kosteniuk's USA Chess Cup got prizes and medals. More than 1,000$ in prizes was awarded and no kid left without a medal and a prize.
Below is the list of the winners. It was a mixed tournament, that means that everybody played in one group and all the participants had a chance to win the Grand Prize.
The 1st Grand Prize was awarded to Robert Perez (USCF rating - 2124) who got 7 out of 7! The second Grand Prize was awarded to Jose Dias who took 5.5 points out of 7. The third Grand Prize with 5.0 points out of 7 was awarded to Jonathan Lau who is only 9 years old! The top girl of the tournament was Annaby Pozo with 5.0 out of 7, congratulations!
The 1st prize in the category U-14 was awarded to a 8-year old Henry Qi with 5.0 points out of 7. 2nd prize went to Lance Shkolnik with 5.0 points out of 7 and on the 3rd place in this category was Terry Song with 4 points. The top girl in this category was Juliana Piloto with 4 points out of 7.
The 1st prize in the category U-11 went to Sebastian Sosadiaz (4.5 points out of 7). Second prize was awarded to Matthew Solis with 4.5 points out of 7. And the third place in this category went to William Yang with 4.0 points out of 7. The top girl prize in this category was awarded to Erika Medina.
The 1st prize in the category U-8 was awarded to Juliana Piloto. 2nd prize was awarded to Dima Tertychnyi with 4.0 points. The 3rd prize went to Justin Landrove (4.0 points). The top girl in this category was Arisha Shtypel.
Congratulations to the winners and hope to see you next year!
Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk Women's World Chess Champion www.chessblog.com
The 3rd session of my chess camp is over, tomorrow the 1st Alexandra Kosteniuk's USA CHESS CUP for KIDS will take place. Here is some info about the tournament:
11 July 1st Alexandra Kosteniuk USA KIDS Chess cup tournament
5880 SW 8th St, West Miami, FL, 33144-5036 (305) 262-2700
5 Rounds Time Control: Game/25 minutes
Trophies: Top 3 individuals in each age group + 1 top girl in every age group.
4 age groups Girls and Boys Under 18 – Born after July 11th, 1991 Girls and Boys Under 14 – Born after July 11th, 1995 Girls and Boys Under 11 – Born after July 11th 1998 Girls and Boys Under 8 – Born after July 11th 2001
Prizes: 1st - $200 in chess prizes + 1 private lesson with Alexandra, 2nd - $100; 3rd - $50 in chess prizes
Registration Saturday 11-11:50am. First round starts at 12pm.
After this tournament I will go for a deserved vacation to Disney World and then will start preparing for the US-open that will take place from August 1 till August 9, 2009 in Indianapolis, IN.
Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk Women's World Chess Champion www.chessblog.com
Various women's chess tournaments are taking place right now, or have just finished.
The Women's Ukranian Championship just finished. Tatjana Vasilevich and Doluhanova Evgenia shared first place, but Evgenia was better on tie-breaks.
The higher league of the Women's Russian Championship started today June 1 in Voronezh. Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (FIDE Elo rating 2450) is the elo-favorite of the tournament. Many young talented russian girls are playing as well. This tournament is the qualification for the Russian Women's Superfinal which is scheduled for December 2009. 5 top players at the end of the tournament will qualify for the Superfinal.
The Russian Championship among boys and girls under 8 just finished. It's amazing that today we have championships under 8! And probably many future GM's played in this event. Alexandra Obolentseva, a 7-year old girl became the Russian Champion among girls U-8. Last year Alexandra Obolentseva took part in my annual tournament "Alexandra Kosteniuk's Cup" that took place on November 29 and 30 in the Central Chess Club in Moscow and I even have a photo of her playing in my cup. I hope Alexandra will continue playing chess and working hard, I wish her all the best!
The final of the TOP 16 French teams took place in the Pyramides near Paris on May 31. Many strong female players took part in this event such as Almira Skripchenko, Inna Gaponenko, Sophie Milliet. The team of Evry (with Peter Svidler, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Sophie Milliet and other strong players playing for this team) took first place.
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12th Women's World Chess Champion
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