ChessQueen (@chessqueen) is the English-language YouTube channel of Alexandra Kosteniuk, a France-registered chess grandmaster and 12th Women's World Chess Champion. The channel has about 25,900 subscribers and 3.3 million total views, with a median of roughly 1,500 views per video. It uploads sporadically, and sponsored integrations are estimated at $20 to $35 per 1,000 median views for long-form content.
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- Top Shorts reach 20,000 to 50,000 views, such as the Blackburne Shilling Gambit trap with about 48,800 views
- Median long-form views sit near 1,500, so the audience is engaged but small
- Shorts engagement is strong, with the Blackburne Shilling trap drawing about 1,900 likes
Brand fit report
Content
- Formats
- tournament recaps, YouTube Shorts trap demonstrations, live stream replays, simul game videos
- Tone
- expert, personal
- Language
- English
- On camera
- Yes, talking head
- Production
- Clean, lightly edited
- Typical length
- under 60 seconds for Shorts, 40 to 90 minutes for recaps and streams
Audience
Commercial
- Brands seen
- None yet
- Categories promoted
- chess platforms, chess education
- Affiliate links
- Yes
Video descriptions link to Chess.com courses with referral codes (ref_id), indicating affiliate links rather than paid sponsorships; no sponsorship disclosures found in the last 50 videos.
Suitability GARM Brand Safety Floor + Suitability
Family friendly
Content is chess tournaments, games and instruction with no flagged themes in the recent titles.
We classify content, never people. No age, gender, ethnicity, religion or political views are inferred about the creator. Audience figures are estimates unless marked verified. Creators can correct anything on their profile.
Platforms
Benchmark score: 12 / 100
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Recent videos
▶2025 RECAP: street named after me, some titles won, one more · 1.4k views
▶2024 RECAP: around the world trip, games, photos and more · 1.1k views
▶#shorts Global Chess League 2024 Final Moments · 1.5k viewsLast three uploads, latest 273 days ago.
Welcome to the Official YouTube Channel of the 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk 👸12th women’s world chess champion 🏆 FIDE Women’s World Cup Winner 2021 🥇Women’s World Rapid Chess Champion 2021 🥇🥇🥇3 times winner of the World Chess Olympiad (playing for Russia) 🎾Mom of a tennis champion Follow/like/subscribe: Web: http://kosteniuk.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/chessqueen/ FB: https://facebook.com/chessqueen Twitch: http://twitch.tv/chessqueen Twitter: https://twitter.com/chessqueen Telegram - https://t.me/chessqueena Chess.com: www.chess.com/member/ChessQueen?ref_id=
About ChessQueen
ChessQueen is the English-language YouTube channel of Alexandra Kosteniuk, a France-registered international grandmaster and 12th Women's World Chess Champion. Per her website (kosteniuk.com), she is a professional chess player, and the channel posts tournament recaps, live-stream replays and short trap demonstrations featuring her daughter. Uploads are irregular, with one video in the past year, and the channel has about 25,900 subscribers and a median of roughly 1,500 views per long-form video.
The audience is estimated to be chess learners and tournament followers, skewing toward adults. The most-watched content is Shorts showing opening traps, which often exceed 20,000 views. Affiliate links to Chess.com courses appear in descriptions, and no sponsorship disclosures were found in the last 50 videos.
Brands in chess platforms, education and chess-related products should consider this channel. Based on the rate rule, a sponsored integration is estimated at $20 to $35 per 1,000 median views, or roughly $30 to $50 per long-form video. That compares with typical paid-ad CPMs of $10 to $30, so the cost is higher per thousand views but the audience is more specialized.
Written from ChessQueen's public YouTube profile, platform data and web mentions. Numbers updated 2026-10-19. ChessQueen can edit or remove this page at any time.
Questions about ChessQueen
How much does ChessQueen charge for a sponsored video?
Based on the channel's median long-form views of about 1,500, the estimated rate is roughly $30 to $50 per sponsored video, using $20 to $35 per 1,000 views. Final pricing depends on format and deliverables, and the creator's own quote should be confirmed before booking.
What does ChessQueen post about on YouTube?
The channel posts chess tournament recaps, live-stream replays, simul games and short videos showing opening traps. Content is in English and is presented by Alexandra Kosteniuk, a professional chess grandmaster and 12th Women's World Chess Champion.
How do I contact ChessQueen for a brand deal?
Contact details unlock on Starbooked for $0.80. Boosted creators can be booked through Starbooked directly, and the channel's listed website at kosteniuk.com also has a contact page.
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