Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Welcome to The Quest Season 2: Episode 28 with the Alexandra and Andrea Botez: the Botez sisters share the stories of streaming chess to over 900,000 viewers, lessons in failed startups, and the gritty realities of content creation.

Alexandra and Andrea Botez are my favorite content creators in the game right now. The sisters run BotezLive, one of the biggest chess-streaming channels on Twitch and YouTube with over 900,000 subscribers. Since the age of six, Alexandra has fought tooth and nail to earn her recognition and success. These experiences developed the resilience that fueled her professional chess career, and transitioned her into the content creation grind.

In this episode we dive deep into the gritty reality of what it really takes to become a full-time streamer, lessons from failed startups, learning how to take constructive criticism, and figuring out how to bring authenticity to content creation.

0:00 Intro
0:46 Catching up (Twitch and YouTube)
9:54 The Botez sisters’ origin story
19:26 How chess became mainstream
32:18 Finding a content balance
39:58 YouTube poker tournaments and chess-boxing
56:58 Justin’s goal with his YouTube content

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