BotezLive

Chess player, Twitch streamer
Alexandra Botez and Andrea Botez
@botezlive
Canadian-American (Alexandra); Canadian (Andrea)

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About

Sisters Alexandra and Andrea Botez host BotezLive, a channel for chess and entertainment.^[1]^[2] Alexandra is a Woman FIDE Master and poker player; Andrea competes in chess and works as a DJ and electronic music producer.^[3]^[2]

The channel began with Alexandra streaming chess while studying at Stanford in 2016. Andrea joined her full-time in 2020.^[3] Both sisters appeared on Forbes' 30 Under 30 Games list for 2023.^[4]

Alexandra's chess titles and poker

Born in Dallas on September 24, 1995, Alexandra won five Canadian girls' national chess titles and one U.S. girls' national title. She earned her Woman FIDE Master title in 2013 and represented Canada at the Women's Chess Olympiads in 2012, 2014 and 2016. She graduated from Stanford in 2017.^[3] By April 2025, she was a GGPoker ambassador and discussed her move into poker in a PokerNews interview.^[5]

Andrea at the chessboard and DJ decks

Andrea was born in Vancouver on April 6, 2002. She won the U8 Girls Canadian Youth Chess Championship in 2010 and became British Columbia women's champion in 2015. She began DJing in 2023.^[2] Monstercat released S.O.S, her collaboration with biskuwi, on November 25, 2024.^[6]

Personal information

Real name: Alexandra Botez and Andrea Botez ^[1]^[3]
Gender: Female ^[2]^[3]
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States (Alexandra); Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Andrea) ^[2]^[3]
Occupation: Chess player ^[3]
Nationality: Canadian-American (Alexandra); Canadian (Andrea) ^[2]^[3]
Education: Stanford University, graduated in 2017 (Alexandra) ^[3]
Family: Romanian parents ^[2]^[3]
Siblings: Alexandra and Andrea are sisters who co-host BotezLive ^[1]

General information

Language: EN
On Twitch since: 23 June 2016
Twitch followers: 1,318,045
Channel age: 10y 4m
Twitch data updated: 3 hours ago
Category: Just Chatting
Teams: Chess.com, Evolved

Sources

"BotezLive". Twitch. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
"Andrea Botez". Wikipedia. Retrieved October 4, 2026. Archived on September 27, 2026.
"Alexandra Botez". Wikipedia. Retrieved October 4, 2026. Archived on October 4, 2026.
"BotezLive: Andrea Botez and Alexandra Botez - 2022-11-18 - 2023 30 Under 30: Games". Forbes. November 18, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2026. Archived on October 6, 2026.
"How Chess Streamer Alexandra Botez Won Half a Million Playing Poker". PokerNews. April 1, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2026. Archived on July 3, 2026.
"S.O.S". Monstercat. November 25, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2026. Archived on August 28, 2026.