Alexandra Botez
| Alexandra Botez | |
|---|---|
| File:AlexandraBotez.jpg | |
| Country | United States |
| Born | September 24, 1995 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Title | Woman FIDE Master |
| Peak rating | 2092 (September 2016) |
Alexandra Botez (born September 24, 1995) is an American-Canadian chess player who holds the title Woman FIDE Master (WFM).[1] She is also a chess streamer on Twitch and has a YouTube chess channel.[2]
Chess career
Botez was born in Dallas, Texas, US and then raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She began playing chess at the age of 6 at Romanian Community Center chess club Golden Knights with CM Valer Eugen Demian as a coach.[3][4][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.[5] 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.[6]
A "Botez Gambit" is a satirical honorific for accidentally losing one's queen.[7]
Streaming
In 2017, Botez co-founded CrowdAmp, a social media company that used machine learning to reach multiple followers in a personalized manner.[8] She said in a May 2019 Twitch broadcast that the company had since ceased operations.[9]
In October 2019, Botez had a FIDE Elo rating of 2062 in standard chess and 2059 in blitz.[1] After a three-year hiatus from playing competitive chess, she participated in a tournament held in Reykjavík, Iceland.[10] She increased her FIDE rating by 7 points competing in the event.[11]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ [https://pamplinmedia.com/cr/24-news/116486-chs-se" . 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rudolf, Anna (2019-05-14). "Alexandra Botez and I go to Iceland | The chess trip vlog". Retrieved 2019-09-30 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "FIDE Chess ratings". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.