But they don't always play chess on livestreams, as they sometimes also play other games or just chat. Her rating in the fast-pace chess variations put her above the 99.7th percentile in each category. Alexandra, the older of the two, is just 25 years old but already an established force within the chess community, boasting the Woman FIDE Master title and numerous championships dating back to her time with the National Canadian Team as a 15-year-old. In the second iteration of the online amateur chess tournament Pogchamps, Botez was part of the commentator team. [24] Within the past eighteen years, the Susan Polgar Foundation has assisted in offering more than $6 million in chess scholarships and prizes to students. Andrea Botez (born April 6, 2002) is a Canadian-American chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer and YouTuber from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Chess Career Chess Channels Chess.com Content Chess Career Andrea learned chess from her father and sister when she was six. Follower and view counts updated as of 22 January 2023. Apparently she's considered the hottest chess player too. She also creates YouTube content. The game where the rare women who play are always 1000x better looking than the men. [8][9], In 2016, at the SPFNO 2016: U14 GIRLS, Botez placed fourth in the tournament,[10][11] and 13th in the 2016 Susan Polgar Foundation Girls' Invitational. In 2004, Botez won her first Canadian children's national championship at age eight. Girls Nationals winner. (For those who speak chess, she has a peak FIDE rating of 2,092.) Canadian woman, 20, is dubbed the 'world's sexiest chess player' This is how you play chess, buddy pic.twitter.com/efT5hO9moA, Alexandra Botez (@alexandravbotez) May 6, 2020. Playing chess with my sister - YouTube Being more than well versed in the game, the Botez sisters feature chess most prominently on their livestreams. Botez sisters' age difference is almost seven years. "My family immigrated from Romania where there's a really big chess culture," Botez told Insider. The duo now have 910k followers on Twitch (at time of writing). Team Envy chess sensations Alexandra and Andrea Botez were left stunned while playing chess in New York, as they were both comprehensively beaten by 10-year-old prodigy Tanitoluwa Adewumi. Along with her sister Andrea, Botez has a Twitch channel where she streams her chess matches and a Youtube channel which both collectively have hundreds of . Canadians and chess YouTubers Alexandra and Andrea Botez dropped into Chessboxing Nation to take part in some chessboxing training as part of their European tour. Who are the Botez sisters, one of chess's most popular streamers? It's sort of sad because they did a lot that paved the way for chess popularity on Twitch. GMHikaru created quite a stir in the chess streaming community when he spoke out about Andrea and Alexandra Botez. Alexandra also achieved the highest FIDE Elo rating of 2092 as of March 2016 and is the current holder of the Woman FIDE Master Championship.
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