Twitch & YouTube
Twitch may be known as a platform for livestreaming video games, but Botez's chess skills have been attracting viewers - and opponents - from around the world. After her startup folded in 2019, she made her Twitch channel, which she runs with her younger sister, Andrea, her full-time focus. The fast-paced atmosphere of live chats and playful trash-talking (something she's also very good at) has garnered her hundreds of thousands of fans. The popularity of The Queen's Gambit has helped - earlier this year she started with around 60,000 followers on Twitch. Now, she counts more than 430,000.
Additionally, the chess "influencer" - perhaps the first of her kind - runs a YouTube channel, also with her sister, where they post highlights of their online games, offer chess commentary and strategy, and feature conversations with tech entrepreneurs and chess grandmasters.
According to the New York Post, Botez and her sister are soon signing with an agency that represents top e-sports athletes.
"I want to make the game more accessible to the average players. I think my sister and I have done a good job of explaining ideas clearly," she's said.
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