Famous esports player ends Counter-Strike 2 career.

Renowned Esports Athlete Ends Counter-Strike 2 Career

Alexandra "kyossa" Tychanskaya has ended her professional Counter-Strike 2 playing career. The player has left BIG EQUIPA, which she joined last year.

The esports athlete decided to stop competing due to the uncertainty in the discipline's female pro scene. Retiring at 21 is considered quite early for players. Previously, she had spoken about the small number of tournaments and the too-slow development of the female CS 2 scene.

However, it is already known that the B Pro League Female 2026 #1 will start in January 2026 in an online format. The tournament will take place from January 17 to February 15, 2026, and will consist of two stages: open qualifiers and the main stage. Meanwhile, in October, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) published

Notably, BIG EQUIPA was recognized as the best female team of 2025 at the ASTRA awards ceremony. Her teammate Ana "ANa" Champliau received the award for best female player. In 2025, the team won the ELITE FE Cup 6. Subsequently, the team took second place at the LAN Final of the Female Pro League S1, and finished the year with a triumph at ESL Impact League S8, defeating MIBR fe in the final.

Also, the duo of Alexandra "kyossa" Tychanskaya from Portuguese BIG EQUIPA and Oleg "baz" Kulynych defeated the team of Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov from Saudi Arabian Team Falcons at the Evelone Duo Cup 2.