Kosteniuk learned to play chess at the age of five after being taught by her father. She graduated in 2003 from the
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Kosteniuk worked as a model and also acted in the film Bless the Woman by Stanislav Govorukhin.
Kosteniuk is a member of the "Champions for Peace" club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes co… See more

Born in Perm, Kosteniuk moved to Moscow in 1985. She has a younger sister named Oksana, who is a Woman FIDE Master-level chess player.
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• The World vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2004, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. English Attack (B90), 0–1
• Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Alexander Onischuk, Corus, Group B 2005, Spanish Game: Classical Variation (C65), 1–0… See more

• Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2001). How I became a grandmaster at age 14. Moscow. ISBN 5829300435.
• Как стать гроссмейстером в 14 лет. Moscow, 2001. 202, [2] с., [16] л. ил. ISBN 5-89069-053-1.… See more