Chief Chess Officer, Chess.com LLC.
International Master Danny Rensch is best known for his videos and chess.com/tv shows - but also writes educational articles, publishes breaking chess news, and organizes the details for Chess.com's biggest events, like the Grandmaster Blitz Battle Championships, Blitz Death Matches, the ChessKid.com National Invitational Championship and more!
First, I must acknowledge a delay in telling this important story, and attempt to proactively answer your questions of "why wait to tell us this," before you start reading. What I'm about to share truly is upsetting. It hurts not just for t...
As the action in the Bullet Chess Championship heats up, so does everyone's itch to throw down in a game (or 36 ) of 1|0! Bullet chess is fun. Bullet chess is crazy. Bullet, more than any other time control, truly represents the online sporting ...
And then life went back to normal... When the smoke cleared after November, despite all the action (and 12 rounds of no satisfaction ), nothing had really changed: Magnus Carlsen was still world champion, Fabiano Caruana, while still being Ameri...
If you aren't watching the chess.com/cccc -- it has officially become a YOU problem! This week the legend of Leela grew further after another highly interesting, very human performance in her game vs Nirvana. While I admit I only began tunin...
What...just...happened!? When my "engine-obsessed" teammate -- you know who you are, @Pete -- gave me a heads up that "Danny, you might wanna check out this game!", I reacted as I normally do: "Pete, these are computers here! I'm watching ...
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[Editor's note: We are happy to say that after a short hiatus, we have fixed the issues at play and restarted Titled Tuesdays on the first of every month.] Dear chess fans, We are so sorry that yet another Titled Tuesday has been canceled. We ...
On behalf of Chess.com, I wanted to post an update here regarding the situation that took place during the Speed Chess Championship match between Grandmasters Levon Aronian and Ian Nepomniachtchi. During the first game of the 3-minute portio...
...and YOU'RE invited! On Wednesday, December 14th at 10am Pacific, I'll be hosting a party on chess.com/tv. It will be my party. So I can cry if I want to. Laugh if I want to. Play Bullet chess until we drop, if I want to. #yougetit In honor o...
In addition to ChessCenter shows, airing after every game at 5pm Pacific on chess.com/tv - I am also reviewing GM Robert Hess' analysis (definitely follow his blog), adding my own "educational tips for beginners points" to Robert's analysis, and t...
Were we really a match made in heaven? I don't know. Yes, it's true that some have called the union between me and John the greatest duo since Bert and Ernie. Simon and Garfunkel. Luke and Leia. Harry and Lloyd. BUT I'll leave o...
If I should be worried about how much joy my team takes in posting all my humiliating moments to our social media channels Your thoughts? Time to look for new, more supportive team members, or embrace the self-deprecation? Most re...
The marketing team for Pawn Sacrifice recently shared with us a clip from the upcoming movie. This clip is available ONLY HERE and ONLY on Chess.com! How sweet is that? Enjoy and please share with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and th...
Hi Chess.com Family, We are making some changes to a few of our regular content schedules / products and I figured the best way to inform you all of how much I love you was in a song (um, blog ). By the way, whatever happened to the days where i...
Hi Team-Chess.com-Members, We need your help! What's the topic? Keep reading! Along with improving the look, feel, and "usability" of Chess.com with our upcoming "V3" redesign, we are also considering making some tweaks / improvements to the ...
CAUTION: I'm letting the "Sports Fan" in me out of the bag... just for a moment... here on Chess.com! If you know nothing about Basketball, sports / athletics in general, or how they might compare to chess (or if you simply don't care) than this b...
I'm excited to announce officially via my blog that Super Grandmaster and U.S. Ranked #1 - Hikaru Nakamura - will be joining me, and all of you, on Chess.com/TV - March 5th at 7pm Eastern, 4pm Pacific (GMT -8). We're calling the first (and hopef...
Me [probably speaking louder than I should]: "Hey, he's talking about the bishop but he's holding a rook!?" Director [whispering]: "What?" [waves hand dismissively] Me [definitely too loud]: "He's holding the wrong piece. I think we should cu...
Publishing this important announcement as a blog because 1) There is just too much *actually important* chess news happening in the world right now (between Anand-Carlsen, European and World Team Championships, US Chess League, etc) and ...
Beginning next week, Chess.com plans to bring its members a new monthly segment on Chess/TV: The State of Chess.com (This warrants its very own news posts today because it was missed in FM Mike Klein's recent blog post / announce...
Hey everyone! It's been a while since I put on my "Blog Hat", grabbed a cup of Ryan Gosling, and got to work on making some ridiculous *cough* I mean completely serious and very well thought through predictions regarding an upcoming / major chess ...
Though I don't always get around to writing a "preview blog" for every Blitz Death Match we host here on Chess.com, I figured the first big event of the new year definitely deserved some attention! Firstly, I must say that even though I don't se...
It's that time of the year again! And I'm not just talking about the Holiday Season ! The United States Chess Federation is holding their annual K-12 National Scholastic Chess Championships this weekend in Orlando! ChessKid.com will be there,...
Considering that I know very little about our competitors this month, well, I figured a "preview a la Crazy-Town" was appropriate. Before reading any further, I can confirm for everyone that no feelings were hurt during the writing of this post (a...
With a little bit of time on my hands today, I decided to take a quick break from my management duties here on the busiest website in the world to do something a little more useful than getting my butt kicked for an hour at bullet chess...
