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Travel Log |
She
was recently in: Wijk,
Moscow,
Amsterdam
, Torino,
Montreux , Colombia, Miami, Samara, Frascati, Krasnoturinsk, Goteborg, Mainz , Sierre
She is now in: Miami
She will next go to: Las Vegas |
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Past & Next Events &Tournaments |
Moscow Aeroflot,
14-24 Feb.
WC Chessdarts, 28.2.05
Torino,
Italy Simul, March 4-6
Montreux Simul March
8
Colombia Tour April 6-11
Russian Super Final, 15-28 May
Simul Frascati (I) 29.5.2005
Krasnoturinsk, July 2-14, 2005
Eu. Team, Goteborg, 29/7-8/8
Mainz Rapid & 960, 11-14/8
Rus. Ch. (men's), Kazan, 1-12/9
Zurich Simul, 18/9
Sierre Simul, 8/10
Las Vegas North Am. Open Dec.
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12.11.2005  Alexandra did wonderfully well at the 2005 Key Biscayne 5K Lighthouse run. Her time was 22:24, she ended up 5th woman overall, taking prizes for the 2nd place in the open 20-24 age group, as well as the 1st place in the Key Biscayne residents 20-24 age group. She set a record time for this group, congratulations! Tonight we will put up the second episode of Alexandra's podcast, it will be posted on this page. Please remember to VOTE for Alexandra's podcast both here and here. Thanks!
11.11.2005  Alexandra will participate tomorrow morning in the 2005 Key Biscayne 5K Lighthouse run. She has been training daily, and so we hope to be able to report a good result tomorrow. Keep posted! Also, Alexandra's Podcast has been very well received in the world, as all top podcasts aggregators have listed it. If you haven't yet please listen to Alexandra's first episode by going to the Podcast Page. Alexandra would be most grateful to you if you could vote for her podcast on both Podcast Alley (click here) and Yahoo Podcasts (click here). The more people like and vote for the show, the more it will be pushed to the front and more people will be interested in chess. Alexandra is working right now on her second episode, it will be put in the feed very shortly! If you subscribe (free) to her feed, you will get it automatically on your PC! This is the technology of the future, to prove that chess... is cool!
09.11.2005  Great news to report, Alexandra's new Chess Podcast is on iTunes, the most popular podcast aggregator in the world, with more than 25,000 podcasts listed! It is now super easy for you to subscribe to Alexandra's podcast (100% free) and have her weekly podcasts downloaded automatically to your computer, and also synchronized to your MP3 player (like an iPod), if it is attached to your computer. Click here (this is an iTunes link) to go directly to the iTunes page, and please subscribe to Alexandra's Podcast, and spread the word to all your friends! If you don't have iTunes nor an iPod, you can always visit our Podcast page by clicking here, from where you can download manually or simply listen to all the episodes for free. Alexandra really hopes her podcasts will attract more people to the wonderful game of chess!
07.11.2005  We are pleased to announce the birth of Alexandra's new CHESS PODCAST, totally free, and coming to your ears on a weekly basis! We have created a special podcast page for you, with all details about this new technology. Click here to get to that page. If you don't want to waste any time and listen to the first edition of Alexandra's podcast, click here to listen to or download the 6-minute 8.8MB MP3 file. Since this is Alexandra's first experience with podcasting, please feel free to send Alexandra by email comments with ideas and suggestions if you have any. Thanks and enjoy!
05.11.2005  Today is a very sad day, Alexandra's cat Kaissa (named after the Goddess of Chess, her short name was Kaska) died today November 5, 2005, at the age of 12. She was an integral part of Alexandra's family. You can watch the last small movie Alexandra filmed by clicking as follows: here for a Quicktime version (better quality, 1.7 MB), and here for a MP4 version (1.2 MB). See here a photo of Kaissa with Alexandra and her little sister Oxana in 1994, Kaissa was then less than 1 year old. Some recent photos: 1) with Oxana 2) on a chair 3) with Alexandra 4) on the bookshelf. We will never forget you, Kaissa!
02.11.2005  COMPETITION! We have another Puzzle Competition for you, with 10 great prizes to be given out on Thanksgiving Day (A Chess Computer, 2 Chess Books, 3 Puzzle sets, and 4 Teddy Bears!). To win, you need to send Alexandra by email 1) The solution to the puzzle to the left (it's mate in two moves: white plays and whatever black plays white will mate next move) and 2) A one or two sentence text why you think "Chess is Cool!" (in your own words). On Thanksgiving we will publish the names of the winners as well as the most imaginative texts! Good luck!
31.10.2005  HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We have made a large 80-photo Halloween Chess Album for Members, click here to see it. Remember if your Membership expired you can renew or purchase a one-year Membership by clicking here. Any purchase above $50 in our shop will get you a one-year Membership for free. Getting a membership is a way to tell Alexandra you support her promoting chess in the world. Don't forget to answer our special competition of Oct. 27 which runs till Thanksgiving, you can win one of the 10 prizes!
30.10.2005  Alexandra continues to support chess tournaments all over the world. The last one, being last weekend, was the Youth Championship Marktredwitz-Stiftland in Troestau, Germany, where many of the presents were offered by the Kosteniuk Chess Fund. The arbiter was our good friend Tobias Feigel, who made a photo album to be viewed by clicking here. Alexandra needs your help to support chess, please be so kind to make a donation to her Chess Fund. Any amount is welcome and will be personally acknowledged by Alexandra.
28.10.2005  Halloween is only 3 days from now, and so we have some exclusive Halloween Chess Photos for our Members. If you are not a Member of Alexandra's site yet, you can purchase a one-year Membership by clicking here. Any purchase above $50 in our shop will get you a one-year Membership for free. Members have access to special features such as commented games, special photo albums and videos. By supporting Alexandra you also support chess. Thanks for your support!
25.10.2005  Thanks to all of you who sent emails of encouragement to Alexandra, who was caught right in the path of hurricane Wilma yesterday. The hurricane was a powerful category 3, and winds upwards of 120 mph were felt right next to Alexandra's home (even worse in the Fort Lauderdale area), knocking down all services (such as electricity) to millions of people in Florida. There is a lot of damage to be cleaned up, signs, fences, and many many trees. We have a 12-photo album of Alexandra just as the storm left the Miami area, see it by clicking here. Let hope it will be possible for all to go back to normal life soon.
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