I love to play chess.

And somehow the thought beautiful 23 year old raven haired Russian Grandmaster named Alexandra "Sasha" Kosteniuk kicking my ass all over the board has a strange appeal to me.

Or, in other words ..

This Girl turns me on.

Now, since I played chess all my life I'd like to think that I can call a decent mountain against a gorgeous but formidable intellect.

But I am confident that the chances of me pulling on it will fall off a cliff once Alexandra touched her opening piece and gazed at me with hypnotic eyes fairy is preparing to "dominate" my every move.

Well, Alex, of course, increase this 500-year-old game to a new level of attention of the world and sex appeal.

And the only reason I'm excited about her arrival on the scene.

Check out the article below.

When you read this, I think you get a good idea of ​​what I said from the beginning ...

These women really can do it all. (And not just in words of service to it)

 

    Glamorous Russian swimsuit model wins Women's World Chess Championship

    Glamorous Russian model wins Women's part-time World Chess Championship under the slogan "beauty and intelligence can go together."

    By Lucy Cockcroft - Daily Telegraph UK

    Last Updated: 11:16 PM BST 18 September 2008

    Queen of Chess: Alexandra Kosteniuk became a Grandmaster at age 14 Photo: KOSTENIUK.COM

    Alexandra Kosteniuk, 23, worked as a catwalk and swimsuit model to raise the profile of the game.

    In addition, it sells sultry semi-clad photos of themselves, and made a 36-minute video that shows her "doing exercises on Miami Beach."

    Modeling exploits have caused confusion among critics who believe that distracts from the intellectual importance of chess.

    But Miss Kosteniuk has more than proved his talent in the game after being crowned "Queen of Chess" in the Women's Championship held in Russia.

    She said: "Modelling is not a job. It's just a hobby, like reading books.

    "I want people to see a fun side to chess. This can be as exciting as soccer or tennis. Times have changed. I'm smart, so I can play chess, and I'm not so ugly, so I can model" .

    At 14 years old, Miss Kosteniuk became a Grandmaster, the youngest woman in the world to achieve the title.

    She quickly made a name for himself on the international stage to the final world championship in 2001 at the age of 17 years, and became European champion in 2004.

    And in the age of 20 she achieved the International Grandmaster title, becoming the tenth woman received the highest title awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

    Last Wednesday, Miss Kosteniuk won the Women's World Chess Championship 2008 after defeating the Chinese miracle Hou Yifan in the final.

    But her fans say her greatest achievement was to give the game of chess a sexy image that attracts new young following.

    She is the host of a popular podcast "Chess is Cool", which informs listeners about current events in chess, and adopted the motto "beauty and intelligence can go together" and proved its value as a model.

    Miss Kosteniuk career began after her father Konstantin left his army job when she was young, to devote all his time preparing it.

    She said: "I remember when my father introduced me to exercises.

    "He wrote on little cards the squares of the chessboard, like E4 and, A1 - or even false, as E9 to test me. Then he showed me the cards, one quickly after another, and I'd have to say whether the square was white or black on the board. "

    Mr Kosteniuk even taught his daughter to win chess game blindfolded in three moves when she was only five, in an attempt to "exercise her brain."

    Miss Kosteniuk is married to a Swiss-born Diego Garces, who 25 years her elder. In April last year she gave birth to her daughter Francesca Maria. The child was two and a half months premature and stayed in hospital for eight weeks, but has since made a full recovery.