Women's WORLD CHESS CHAMPION Alexandra Kosteniuk!

Chess with Mustreader

My X: https://x.com/mustreader

My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader

Alexandra's X: https://x.com/chessqueen

Alexandra's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chessqueen/

Links to what's discussed in the podcast:

Eng subs. Chess and Russia. Nepo and Kosteniuk: https://youtu.be/XwxZFQUtb28?si=j7m8s25W70Em35Lz

Chess Books:

My Great Predecessors, Part 1: https://amzn.to/3AZSz7b

Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 1: Revolution In The 70'S: https://amzn.to/4ejSYzI

Grandmaster Preparation: https://amzn.to/3MGkJH3

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual: https://amzn.to/47om7ri

100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player: https://amzn.to/3XG9N29

The 100 Endgames You Must Know Workbook: Practical Endgame Exercises for Every Chess Player: https://amzn.to/3XFqzi8

100 Endgame Patterns You Must Know: Recognize Key Moves & Motifs and Avoid Typical Errors: https://amzn.to/3XEBit9

Theoretical Rook Endgames: https://amzn.to/4glFy89

Boost Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals: https://amzn.to/4eplFvh

Boost Your Chess 2: Beyond The Basics: https://amzn.to/4dSgK65

Boost Your Chess 3: Mastery: https://amzn.to/3z5kwKo

Garry Kasparov books: https://amzn.to/3zjrFqw

Jacob Aagaard books: https://amzn.to/3Znlj43

My latest podcast with Nepo (ENG subs): https://youtu.be/5X982cBZ_tE?si=1kyOxLklYkX-rDq3

My podcast with Dubov (ENG subs): https://youtu.be/97JoWe_Mzoo?si=O4YuyMOqddWdkcj4

My podcast with Van Foreest: https://youtu.be/89Kq33XgC2o?si=a6JHOkpWW0s0XpEm

My podcast with Erigaisi: https://youtu.be/3Nvfuk70v6g?feature=shared

My podcast with Gustafsson: https://youtu.be/7gV7nxBaoQs?si=i2AGda_HB-MMtx7h

My podcast with Naroditsky: https://youtu.be/-PqUZ2h9uGg?si=jGmP8aV-UQM923YO

My podcast with Kramnik: https://youtu.be/dgVuleGYnk4

My podcast with Fabi: https://youtu.be/1LMPYFf1iLo

My podcast with Aronian: https://youtu.be/THyL4D2Clbw?si=HQ4exmwH4aKsWk4V

00:00 - Intro

01:55 - Alexandra's chess improvement

05:19 - Chess in pre-computer era

08:04 - Daily chess routine

09:53 - Strengths and weaknesses

12:38 - Recommended chess books

19:30 - Current chess routine

22:14 - Gender gap in chess

28:47 - Next women's world champion?

31:52 - World Championship comeback?

33:10 - Chess goals and ambitions

35:28 - What is chess to you?

37:16 - Life after 2022 and the war

41:46 - Alexandra as content creator

My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts.

In this channel, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Kramnik, Aronian, Naroditsky and many others), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play).

I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 31 year old, I have a girlfriend, three dogs and three cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese.

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