Alexandra Kosteniuk: 'Georgia is a special country for women's chess'

Alexandra Kosteniuk: "Georgia is a special country for women's chess; in the Russian-speaking community, if you ask who is the best women's chess player in history, you would most like to hear two names: Gaprindashvili and Chiburdanidze. It is a very special country with a lot of strong women chess players, a lot of support for women's chess and a lot of respect for women's chess."

♟️ The first leg of the 2024-2025 Women’s Grand Prix is being held in Tbilisi, Georgia 🇬🇪
Ten players, including former women’s world champions Alexandra Kosteniuk and Mariya Muzychuk, will compete in a nine-game round-robin tournament from August 14 to 25.

List of players competing in Tbilisi:
🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk
🇺🇦 Mariya Muzychuk
🇬🇪 Nana Dzagnidze
🇬🇪 Lela Javakhishvili
🇨🇭 Alexandra Kosteniuk
🇮🇳 Vaishali R
🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva
🇪🇸 Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
🇵🇱 Alina Kashlinskaya
🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou

[kingkong]

Nice interview of Alexandra. I hope she wins the tournament 🏆