Alexandra Botez

Alexandra Botez
Full name Alexandra Botez
Country  Canada
Born (1995-09-24) September 24, 1995
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Title Woman FIDE Master

Alexandra Botez (born September 24, 1995) is a Canadian chess player who holds the title Woman FIDE Master (WFM).[1]

Chess career

Botez was raised in a Romanian neighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She began playing chess at the age of 6. She played for the National Canadian Team and became the Canadian National Girls Champion five times. She has played in multiple Chess Olympiads.[2] Botez won the U.S. Girls Nationals at the age of 15. She earned a full scholarship to the University of Texas at Dallas, but elected to attend Stanford University instead. Botez shifted her focus from chess to other academic interests. She became Stanford Chess Club's first female president.[3]

In April 2018, Botez covered PRO Chess League Finals with IM Daniel Rensch, IM Anna Rudolf and GM Robert Hess.[4]

In June 2018, she was a commentator for ChessKid Crowns 7 and broadcast the event along side IM David Pruess and ChessKid video creator David Petty.[5]

Botez streams on twitch.tv on the channel "AlexandraBotez". Botez temporarily stopped streaming because of vulgar comments.[6] Botez currently has an ELO of 2033. According to her, she no longer plays chess competitively and now streams chess for fun.

Botez co-founded CrowdAmp, a social media company that uses machine learning to reach multiple followers in a personalized manner.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "PRO Chess League Finals Set For San Francisco". Chess.com. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  2. ↑ Eisenbrand, Katherine. "Alexandra Botez". PULSE. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  3. ↑ Kramon, Katie (2014-10-30). "Alexandra Botez: Stanford's first female Chess Club president". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  4. ↑ Pete (2018-04-06). "5 Reasons To Watch The PRO Chess League Live Finals This Weekend". Chess.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  5. ↑ Klein, Mike (2018-06-11). "ChessKid Crowns 7 National Champions In Its 7th Year". Chess.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  6. ↑ Newser Staff (2018-03-16). "Meet 'New Age' of Chess: Live Streams, Thrown Chairs". newser. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  7. ↑ Batalion, Aaron (2017-07-26). "How to Turn Your Fans into SuperFans". Medium. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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