Talk:Alexandra Kosteniuk

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message: 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  See her rating card:   Can someone pls confirm FIDE is out of date?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)
thread_title:  GM title awarded in Calvia November 2004 

message: The following critical comments must be sourced to notable sources. Wikipedia cannot be used to defame people. See Wikipedia: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)
thread_title: Criticism should be sourced and notable

message: 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)
thread_title:  News Reference Added 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Chess is Cool Podcast 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  2001 European champion 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Men's 

message: 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)
thread_title:  marriages 

message: 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
#Wesley So - 'Filipino and American'
#Anish Giri - just 'Dutch'
#Sergey Karjakin - 'Russian chess grandmaster (formerly representing Ukraine)'
#Fabiano Caruana - 'Italian and American chess grandmaster'
#Alexandra Kosteniuk - 'Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster who was'
#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
#Bobby, as a chess player, isn't Icelandic .
#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)
thread_title:  Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster