Alexandra Botez

Alexandra Valeria Botez is an American-born Canadian chess player, poker player, online streamer and YouTuber. She holds the chess title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) and has a peak FIDE rating of 2092. She is a five-time Canadian girls' national champion and one-time U.S. girls' national champion. Botez has represented Canada at three Women's Chess Olympiads—in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Alexandra and her younger sister Andrea Botez host the BotezLive Twitch and YouTube channels; each has over 1 million followers and is one of the largest chess channels on its respective platform.