Alexandra Kosteniuk

“Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular.”

“It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool!”

“Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition.”

“When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.”

“You have to win something for people to think about you.”

“My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.”

“I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions.”

“If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.”

“It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.”

“A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.”