Daniel Rensch is an International chess master, event organizer, lecturer, commentator, and chess personality from the United States. He holds the Arizona State record for youngest national master at 14 years old. National Master is a title awarded by the US Chess Federation when a player's rating passes 2200 on the USCF rating scale. He won the 1998 Elementary National Championship, the 2000 Junior High National Championship, tied for the 2004 National High School Championship, and was the highest rated 19-year-old in the US, 2004, He is the President of American Chess Events LLC, and Vice-President of chess.com.
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Professional life
IM norms
Rensch earned his final IM norm at Susan Polgar's SPICE CUP by achieving a draw against then Grand master candidate Ray Robson, who went on to achieve 'youngest ever Grand master in the United States' 2009-2014.
Video lecturer
Rensch has been offering in depth, educational chess analysis online since 2009. His well known, "Rook Endgames: Beginner to Master series," "Isolated Queen Pawns" and "Pawn Structure 101" series are among the most popular on Chess.com. In addition, his "Everything You Need to Know" video series designed for beginners boasts the most views of any video in Chess.com's library.
Commentator
Rensch is known for his original, humorous style of chess commentary, Rensch brings an exciting, fresh take on the traditional world of chess analysis. He is best known for his coverage of the GM Blitz Battles. His live shows at chess.com/tv include "Man vs Machine," "Call of the Wild," and "Bullet Brawls."
Event organizer
An online event, "The $40,000 GM Blitz Battle Championship," was organized and hosted by Rensch in 2016. The event included world number one, Magnus Carlsen, and 7 other world-class speed chess players.
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Other work
Jake Goldberger employed Rensch's chess expertise to direct the chess scenes in the independent film Life of a King.
References
External links
- Daniel Rensch on Twitter
- Chess.com
- ChessKid.com
- AmericanChess.net
Source of article : Wikipedia
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