1. Daniel Michael "Danny" Rensch was born on October 10,1985 and is an American chess International Master, event organizer, lecturer and commentator.
27 Facts About Daniel Rensch
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Daniel Rensch holds the Arizona state record for youngest national master, at the age of 14.
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Daniel Rensch is the president of American Chess Events LLC and Chief Chess Officer of Chess.
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In 2004, Daniel Rensch tied for the National High School Championship, beating Aleksandr Lenderman, a future grandmaster, to win the title.
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Daniel Rensch earned his first International Master norm in 2004 at the Foxwoods Open in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
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Daniel Rensch earned his second IM norm in the 2008 Berkeley International, after tying for a third-place finish with only one loss.
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In 2009, Daniel Rensch earned his final IM norm at Susan Polgar's SPICE CUP by achieving a draw against Ray Robson, who went on to achieve 'youngest ever grandmaster in the United States'.
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Since 2012, Daniel Rensch took part in only two FIDE registered tournaments, the 2015 Millionaire Chess Open II in Las Vegas, and in the 2019 Denver Open where he tied for first place alongside Jesse Kraai.
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Daniel Rensch has commentated live, over-the-board tournaments like the Isle of Man International, where top players like Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana competed.
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In 2019, Daniel Rensch hosted the "Twitch Rivals" Komodo Boss Rush event live in San Francisco with grandmaster Robert Hess.
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Daniel Rensch has provided commentary for the most important chess event in the world, the World Chess Championship.
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Daniel Rensch has hosted live broadcasts of the 2018 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, as well as the record-breaking coverage of the 2021 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, which amassed more than 25 million views.
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Daniel Rensch currently holds the United States Chess Federation record for most tournaments directed as Chief Director, a number which has climbed to 1196 as of January 2020.
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In 2020, Daniel Rensch helped organize and hosted the first edition of PogChamps, an online chess tournament for internet personalities.
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Daniel Rensch helped to organize the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship, an online event exclusive to the top-100 players in the world, top-10 women, top-10 juniors, and other invited players.
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Daniel Rensch is a lecturer and has been a panelist as a presenter, speaker, and mediator over the years.
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In 2017, Daniel Rensch was the presenter of the lecture "Chess and the Art of War: Strategies That Win," featuring Magnus Carlsen at the Milken Institute.
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Two years later, Daniel Rensch hosted a chess and machine learning panel at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
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Daniel Rensch explained multiple chess concepts, how chess engines approach the game, and what humans can learn with them.
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Daniel Rensch made his second appearance in the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in 2020 as a panelist.
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Daniel Rensch spoke about what chess could teach other sports, from rating systems to cheat detection.
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Daniel Rensch returned to the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in 2021, held online due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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In that year, Daniel Rensch was the moderator of a panel composed by Daryl Morey, Robert Hess, Hikaru Nakamura, and Jennifer Shahade.
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In 2022, Daniel Rensch lectured at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference for a fourth consecutive occasion as part of a panel alongside Robert Hess, Daryl Morey, Jennifer Yu, and Ella Papanek.
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Daniel Rensch helped Jake Goldberger direct the chess scenes in the independent film Life of a King.
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Daniel Rensch co-hosted the podcast Coffeehouse Blunders for two seasons with James Montemagno where they discussed multiple subjects related to chess, including neural networks, openings, critiques of each episode of The Queen's Gambit, and more.
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Daniel Rensch has been a guest at different podcasts, Ben Johnson's Perpetual Podcast, and US Chess' Ladies Knight.