Chess Players from Canada

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  • Alexandra Botez

    Occupation: Streamer

    Alexandra Valeria Botez is an American-born Canadian chess player, poker player, online streamer and YouTuber. In chess, she holds the FIDE 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, which each have over 1 million followers and are one of the largest chess channels on each platform.

    Twitch: 1.3M Followers / Subscribers Instagram: 906K Followers / Subscribers X: 471.1K Followers / Subscribers Facebook: 408K Followers / Subscribers

  • Andrea Botez

    Occupation: Streamer

    Andrea Botez is a Canadian chess player and content creator who is also known as an entertainer and streamer. She is the host of the popular Twitch channel BotezLive alongside her sister, Woman FIDE Master (WFM) Alexandra Botez.

    Andrea began playing chess at the age of six and has had success in youth tournaments, winning the U8 Girls Canadian Youth Chess Championship in 2010 and the Women British Columbia Chess Champion title in 2015. She reached a peak FIDE classical rating of 1773 in 2018.

    Her content creation work focuses on chess, where she plays, solves puzzles, and engages with viewers. She describes her chess playing style as aggressive.

    Twitch: 1.3M Followers / Subscribers Instagram: 959K Followers / Subscribers TikTok: 643.5K Followers / Subscribers X: 431.8K Followers / Subscribers