Talk:Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Dysprosia, I don't understand what is NPOV in the sentence "She doesn't hesitate to use her female beauty to increase her popularity. " She explictly chose to use her beauty which other female players could have done too. She admitted that in an interview and you can also see the many pics of her on her homepageAndries 12:26, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Don't people applying for the GM title generally also have to have a mininum ELO of 2500? RedWolf 22:29, Jun 4, 2004 (UTC)

Redwolf, no, I don't thinks so. Look here http://www.kosteniuk.com/photosenews/gmtitle.jpg and scroll down to Stefanova Antoanetta. Andries 08:39, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

FIDE website says the following [1]:

1.50c      To have achieved at some time or other a rating as follows:
GM 2500
IM 2400
WGM 2300
WIM 2200

1.50c1 Such a rating need not be published. It can be obtained in the middle of a rating period, or even in the middle of a tournament. The player may then disregard subsequent results for the purpose of their title application. However the burden of proof then rests with the federation of the title applicant. It is recommended that players receive a certificate from the Chief Arbiter where they achieve the rating level during an event. Title applications based on unpublished ratings shall only be accepted by FIDE after agreement with the Rating Administrator.

It also says

1.45b      For a GM norm at least 3 of the opponents must be GMs.

which seems to make Kosteniuk's result ineligible, since only one opponent was GM. Andris 15:36, Jun 5, 2004 (UTC)

There are two more things that I don't understand. First, the FIDE website says that two qualifying results are needed

1.50       Requirements for award of the title, having achieved norms
1.50a   Two or more norms in events covering at least 27 games

and I cannot find the second qualifying result on Kosteniuk's site. Second, FIDE lists all qualifying norms they have accepted [2] and Kosteniuk's name is not there. Given all of those, I would rather remove the sentence from the article now and restore it when FIDE grants GM title to her. Andris 18:52, Jun 5, 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 GM title awarded in Calvia November 2004 2 Non-biased Appraisall 3 Criticism should be sourced and notable 4 News Reference Added 5 Chess is Cool Podcast

[edit] GM title awarded in Calvia November 2004

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!

[edit] Non-biased Appraisall

All detailss oin this bio are non-biased.

[edit] Criticism should be sourced and notable

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)

[edit] News Reference Added

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)

[edit] Chess is Cool Podcast

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)