Alexandra Botez
Alexandra Botez was born in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States on September 24th, 1995 and is the Twitch Star. At the age of 28, Alexandra Botez biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In 2004, Botez won her first Canadian children's national championship at age eight. She eventually played for the National Canadian Team in 2010 and won four more Canadian youth national titles. After moving back to the United States, Botez won the U.S. Girls Nationals at age fifteen and twice represented the state of Oregon in the SPF Girls' Invitational. In 2013, Botez achieved the Woman FIDE Master title norm.
After attending high school in Oregon, Botez earned a full-ride chess scholarship to the University of Texas Dallas. However, deciding to prioritize academics, she chose to study International Relations with a focus on China at Stanford University. During her sophomore year in 2014, Botez became the second female president of the Stanford University Chess Club after Cindy Tsai in 2005. She graduated in 2017.
In addition to her chess career, Botez served a brief stint as a chess commentator. She covered the 2018 and 2019 PRO Chess League Finals, the most popular team chess championship, along with IM Daniel Rensch, IM Anna Rudolf, and GM Robert Hess.
As of April 2021, Botez has a FIDE Elo rating of 2020 in standard chess and 2059 in blitz, placing her in the top 10 of Canadian female players.
In 2016, Botez started streaming chess content on Twitch during her junior year at Stanford University. Her channel quickly gained traction, and in 2020 she was joined by her younger sister Andrea Cecilia Cristina Botez (born April 6, 2002). Together, they host the BotezLive Twitch and YouTube channels, which have garnered more than 1,750,000 followers combined. The sisters frequently collaborate with other chess streamers on the platform, such as GM Hikaru Nakamura and WGM Qiyu Zhou.
Botez's streaming popularity has helped her become one of the most recognizable faces on the Chess.com platform. In response to her prominence as a female chess player, the mainstream media often compares Botez to the fictional Beth Harmon, protagonist of The Queen's Gambit.
In 2017, Botez co-founded CrowdAmp, a social media company. As of May 2019, that company has ceased operations.
In April 2020, Botez was elected to the board of directors of the Susan Polgar Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that advocates for breaking gender barriers in chess. Within the past eighteen years, the Susan Polgar Foundation has assisted in offering more than $6 million in chess scholarships and prizes to students.
In December 2020, the Botez sisters signed with the Texas-based esports organization Envy Gaming. By partnering with the Botez sisters, Envy hopes to expand its ambassador network with diverse gaming content creators.
Botez made $456,900 on a poker live stream on May 1, 2022 presented by the Hustler Live Casino while dealing with constant berating by popular poker pro, Phil Hellmuth.