Chess influencer Alexandra Botez, 25, has seen her social media following soar this year — both with the success of "The Queen's Gambit" and a pandemic-inspired love of the game.

Sisters Alexandra (right) and Andrea Botez, professional chess players who recently signed with esports organization Envy Gaming, pose for a portrait at their apartment in Austin, Texas, on Friday ...

Alexandra's ex-boyfriend, Eric Hansen, who also happens to be a chess grandmaster, stops by her house for a blitz match with ...

Alexandra Botez starting playing chess thanks to a bet between her parents when she was 6 years old. Alexandra Botez grew up in Canada. "My family immigrated from Romania where there's a really ...

When you need a couple of on-camera ambassadors for the game of chess, you won’t do better than the Botez sisters.Alexandra, 29, and Andrea, 23, have been playing since they were barely out of ...

BotezLive. Vitalik Buterin Plays Chess Against Alexandra Botez. Posted: March 2, 2025 | Last updated: March 2, 2025. Alexandra is playing and chatting with one of the most important people in the ...

Alexandra Botez is part of a growing scene of chess players who have melded the old, staid world of chess with the frenetic, brash world of esports. Amy Lombard / for NBC News Feb. 17, 2020, 4:30 ...

Alexandra Botez, who has six national championship titles and holds the International Chess Federation title of Women's FIDE Master took on a chess hustler in Union Square Park.

For Alexandra Botez ’17, chess has been an important part of life for many years. She’s been playing the game since she was only 6. Botez grew up in Canada and played for the National Canadian ...

Professional chess players and sisters Alexandra and Andrea Botez recently reviewed the accuracy of scenes in the hit Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit.' ...

Chess star and social media influencer Alexandra Botez cashed in her first appearance at the World Series of Poker Main Event on Monday. But she might remember her exit from the $10,000 buy-in No ...

"Chess has been around for over a thousand years, and people are just starting to watch at explosive rates now," said Alexandra Botez. As a teenager, she won six national titles, in both Canada ...