Kosintseva, Nadezhda (14.01.1985)

kosintseva-nadezhdaRussian chess Grandmaster (2011) is born in Arkhangelsk, Russia.

Russian Women Champion (2008).

Best results: European Youth Chess Championship 1995 – girls U10, 1st; European Youth Chess Championship 1997 – girls U12, 1st; World Youth Chess Championship 1998 – girls U14, 1st; European Youth Chess Championship 2000 – girls U18, 1st; World Junior Chess Championship in 2001 and 2002 – girls U20, 3rd; European Individual Women’s Championship 2005 in Chișinău, tied 1st – 2nd after losing the playoff match; Russian women’s championship superfinal 2006, tied 2nd; European Individual Women’s Championship 2007, 3rd; Russian women’s championship 2008 in Moscow, 1st; Russian women’s championship 2009, 2nd; 43rd Biel Chess Festival 2010 – Master open, 1st-7th;

She was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team in the Women’s Chess Olympiads of 2010 and 2012, and in the Women’s European Team Chess Championships of 2007, 2009 and 2011. The holder and the winner of the honorary FIDE award of Caissa as the 2010 best female chess player.

Peak rating: 2576 in November 2010