Alexandra Kosteniuk quotes

Alexandra Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and former Women's World Chess Champion. She has inspired millions with her strategic brilliance and promotion of chess, especially among young women. She continues to be an influential ambassador for the game and a role model in the chess community. Here are 10 of her quotes:

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.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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!

Alexandra Kosteniuk

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

Alexandra Kosteniuk