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Sunday, 31 July 2011 |
Tatiana Kosintseva (born April 11, 1986 in Archangelsk) is a Russian chess player who has achieved the FIDE title of Grandmaster (October 2009). On 1st of July 2011 her FIDE Elo rating is 2557, making her the fifth ranked female player in the world.
In 2002, 2004 and 2007 Tatiana won the Russian Women's Chess Championship.
Sharing a mutual talent for chess, the sisters (Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva) are also close companions outside the game; both graduated a law course at Pomor University in their hometown in 2008. Inevitably, they play side by side in team competitions, most notably at the Chess Olympiad as part of the Russian Women's national team and won Olympic gold at the last Olympiad in Khanti-Mansiysk.
Tatiana Kosintseva was also the winner of the 2007 Women's European Individual Chess Championship with a tournament performance rating (TPR) of 2774, and repeat her success in 2009 with a TPR of 2551.
In 2010 Kosintseva won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Nalchik with a performance rating of 2735. Her score was 9/11 or +7 =4; 1? points ahead of her nearest rival Hou Yifan. She gained 383,3 Grand Prix points and finished on the 4th place in the Women’s Grand Prix 2010-2011.
Interviews: http://nalchik2010.fide.com/final-press-comference.html
http://nalchik2010.fide.com/5th-round-press-conference.html
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