Alexandra Botez
| Alexandra Botez | |
|---|---|
 Botez in 2010 | |
| Country | United States and Canada |
| Born | September 24, 1995 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Peak rating | 2092 (September 2016) |
Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Genre | Board game |
| Games | Chess |
| Followers | 1.2 Million |
| Associated acts | Hikaru Nakamura |
YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | 110 thousand[1] |
| Total views | 13.6 million[1] |
Last updated: 13 August 2020 | |
Alexandra Botez (born September 24, 1995) is an American-Canadian chess player and Twitch streamer. She holds the title Woman FIDE Master (WFM)[3] and runs a YouTube chess channel together with her sister, Andrea Botez.[4]
Chess career
Botez was born in Dallas, Texas, to a Romanian family and then raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She began playing chess at the age of 6 at the Romanian Community Center chess club Golden Knights with CM Valer Eugen Demian as a coach.[5][6][citation needed]
She played for the National Canadian Team and became the Canadian National Girls Champion five times. She has played in multiple Chess Olympiads.[7] Botez won the U.S. Girls Nationals at the age of 15. Botez has helped to cover the 2018 and 2019 PRO Chess League Finals with International Master (IM) Daniel Rensch, IM Anna Rudolf, and GM Robert Hess.[8]
As of September 2020, Botez has a FIDE Elo rating of 2100 in standard chess and 2330 in blitz.[3][9]
Streaming
In 2017, Botez co-founded CrowdAmp, a social media company that used machine learning to reach multiple followers in a personalized manner.[10] She said in a May 2019 Twitch broadcast that the company had since ceased operations.[11]
Botez uses the satirical expression "Botez Gambit" when she accidentally loses a queen.[12]
References
- ^ a b "About BotezLive". YouTube.
- ^ https://twitchstats.net/streamer/alexandrabotez
- ^ a b "Botez, Alexandra FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ [1]. Abbruzzese, Jason. Rosenblatt, Kalhan. "Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess". NBC News online. February 17, 2020.
- ^ " . Clackamas Review Pamplin Media Group. October 9, 2012
- ^ [2] Eisenbrand, Katherine. "Alexandra Botez: You Just Got Pawned". April 18, 2016. StanfordPulse online
- ^ Eisenbrand, Katherine. "Alexandra Botez". PULSE. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- ^ Pete (2018-04-06). "5 Reasons To Watch The PRO Chess League Live Finals This Weekend". Chess.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- ^ "Alexandra Botez joins Susan Polgar Foundation Board of Directors". Chess Daily News. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ Batalion, Aaron (2017-07-26). "How to Turn Your Fans into SuperFans". Medium. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- ^ "Twitch". Twitch. Archived from the original on 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ Abbruzzese, Jason; Rosenblatt, Kalhan (17 February 2020). "Fast-and-loose culture of esports is upending once staid world of chess". NBC News. Retrieved 24 February 2020.