Maxime Vachier-Lagrave et Alexandra Kostenjuk, Échecs

Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE and Alexandra KOSTENJUK, Chess ECHIQUIER size 5 (competition format), walnut finish with the two signatures of international champions. Included: - Two certificates of authenticity signed by each champion with supporting photographs. - An A4 color photo signed by Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE showing him with a chessboard in his hands. - An A4 color photo reproducing the poster for the French Club Chess Championship from May 30 to June 9, 2024, during which this chessboard was signed by both champions. - A copy of Europe Échecs magazine (November 2008 issue) featuring Alexandra KOSTENJUK on the cover, multi-world chess champion, also known by her nickname "Chess Queen". Prize list: Maxime VACHIER-LAGRAVE: International Grand Master. French No.1. - On December 30, 2021, he won the World Blitz Championship in Warsaw, after a tie-break match against Poland's Jan-Krzysztof DUDA. - In August 2016, following his victory at the Dortmund Chess Tournament, his Elo rating surpassed 2,800 points, a symbolic threshold crossed by very few of the world's elite players; he reached 2,819 Elo points and was then ranked second in the world behind world champion Magnus CARLSEN. - In September 2017, he returned to world No. 2 with an Elo ranking of 2,804 points following his victory at the 2017 Sinquefield Cup. Alexandra KOSTENJUK: Chess player with dual nationality (Russian and Swiss), international grandmaster since 2004. - World Classical Games Champion in September 2008 - Winner of the 1st Women's World Cup in 2021 - Women's Rapid Game World Champion in December 2021 She is also a member of the Champions de la Paix club, a group of forty top-level athletes created in November 2009 by the Monegasque international organization Peace and Sport to promote world peace through sport.