Alexandra Botez has been called the "real-life Beth Harmon." Courtesy of Alexandra Botez; Netflix The modern-day Beth Harmon Alexandra Botez told Insider that "The Queen's Gambit" was the "best ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexandra Botez says that like Beth Harmon she knows what it's like to not be taken seriously as a female player. Netflix/ ...

A chess match is often quiet. Whether played in an outdoor park or inside a stuffy room, the only racket during a professional match could be the sound of the clock or the occasional cough coming from ...

Alexandra Botez brings in over $100,000 a year as a professional chess streamer in Austin, Texas. Along with her sister, Andrea, the 25-year-old creates and streams chess content on Twitch. "By the ...

Good chess players are master strategists and problem solvers. Alexandra Botez has one more unlikely skill in her arsenal: insults. “My dad is a huge troll,” the chess influencer, 25, told The Post of ...

Alexandra Botez, 25, is a professional Twitch streamer who makes six figures playing chess online. She and her sister Andrea Botez, 18, have over 650,000 followers and are signed with Team Envy, a ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Alexandra Botez starting playing chess thanks to a bet between her parents when she was 6 years old.