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Daniel Rensch
D Rensch 
Photo copyright © 2008, courtesy of "WannaBe"  

Number of games in database: 129
Years covered: 2000 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2402 (2399 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2448
Overall record: +46 -50 =29 (48.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 4 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (27) 
    B90 B42 B62 B76 B74
 Sicilian Najdorf (11) 
    B90
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    A45 A46 A40
 Scotch Game (8) 
    C45
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (5) 
    B62 B61 B65 B67
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (24) 
    B78 B90 B22 B73 B50
 Queen's Pawn Game (13) 
    A46 E10 A45
 Nimzo Indian (12) 
    E39 E32 E47 E20 E44
 Sicilian Najdorf (7) 
    B91 B96 B90 B93
 Sicilian Dragon (6) 
    B78 B73 B76 B72
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Rensch vs T Abrahamyan, 2010 1-0
   D Rensch vs I Krush, 2010 1/2-1/2
   D Rensch vs A Melekhina, 2007 1-0
   T Hartwig vs D Rensch, 2001 0-1
   D Rensch vs J Dould, 2001 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Canadian Open (2007)
   National Open (2005)
   37th World Open (2009)
   Berkeley International (2011)
   Foxwoods Open (2007)
   102nd US Open (2001)
   Koltanowski Memorial Open (2000)
   World Open (2007)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Millionaire Chess
   G Popilski vs D Rensch (Oct-10-15) 1-0
   D Rensch vs Zherebukh (Oct-08-15) 1/2-1/2
   D Rensch vs Xiong (May-28-12) 1-0
   J Banawa vs D Rensch (Mar-04-12) 1-0

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FIDE player card for Daniel Rensch

DANIEL RENSCH
(born Oct-10-1985, 39 years old) United States of America

[what is this?]

International Master (2008). Daniel (Danny) Rensch, 1998 Elementary National Champion, 2000 Junior High National Champion, and 2004 National High School co-champion, is the co-owner of chess.com and chesskid.com.

References / Sources

(1) https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast... (podcast interview with Ben Johnson (April 2017)).

Wikipedia article: Daniel Rensch

Last updated: 2019-02-17 14:17:08

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 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 129  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Rensch vs M Ashley  0-1402000Foxwoods OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
2. D Rensch vs B G Smith  1-0222000Foxwoods OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
3. A A Zaremba vs D Rensch  ½-½71200028th World OpenB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
4. J Shahade vs D Rensch  1-0332000Koltanowski Memorial OpenB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
5. D Rensch vs S Weiss  1-0412000Koltanowski Memorial OpenD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
6. M Ho vs D Rensch  0-1412000Koltanowski Memorial OpenB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
7. D Rensch vs J Kraai  0-1452000Koltanowski Memorial OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
8. L Snyder vs D Rensch  0-1292000Koltanowski Memorial OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
9. R Lobo vs D Rensch  1-0542000Koltanowski Memorial OpenE10 Queen's Pawn Game
10. D Rensch vs M Pinto  1-0322000Koltanowski Memorial OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
11. D Rensch vs G Shahade  0-1402000Koltanowski Memorial OpenD76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
12. A C Lee vs D Rensch  1-0512000Koltanowski Memorial OpenE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
13. W Paschall vs D Rensch  0-141200129th World OpenB72 Sicilian, Dragon
14. D Rensch vs P Bereolos  0-137200129th World OpenC45 Scotch Game
15. W J Donaldson vs D Rensch 1-039200129th World OpenA04 Reti Opening
16. R Harvey vs D Rensch  0-1372001102nd US OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
17. D Rensch vs R L Fuhro  1-0372001102nd US OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
18. Benjamin vs D Rensch  1-0302001102nd US OpenA04 Reti Opening
19. D Rensch vs J Dould 1-0242001102nd US OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. T Hartwig vs D Rensch 0-1242001102nd US OpenB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
21. D Rensch vs Fedorowicz  ½-½402001102nd US OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
22. J MacArthur vs D Rensch  0-1422001102nd US OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
23. D Rensch vs M Perelshteyn  0-1522001102nd US OpenB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
24. D Rensch vs Browne  0-1262001American OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
25. D Durham vs D Rensch  0-1352001American OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-18-07  MorganV2851: i met danny at an open tournament in tucson, az.... great guy and helpful analyst...
Jul-18-07  Karpova: FM from the USA (though his rating is quite high) who was born in 1985. http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...
Jun-12-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Caption for the photo: "Is that all you got?!"
Dec-22-08  dx9293: Congratulations on the IM Norm, Danny!
Sep-24-09  BIDMONFA: Daniel Rensch

RENSCH, Daniel
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rensch_dani...
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Sep-27-09  dx9293: Congratulations, Danny, on becoming an International Master!
Dec-09-11  Sho: I think Mr. Daniel Rensch has a name with good pun-potential: gut rensching, monkey rensch, rensched out, dude Rensch, a Rensch-style House, ?.

However, finding good puns is different from recognizing good games. I'd leave it up to someone else to connect the two.

Also, Daniel Rensch narrates instructional chess videos for kids--good for him.

Mar-24-12  sergeidave: Check his video lessons and live sessions on Chess.com! He is super cool and a great teacher!
May-31-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: http://dotq.org/chess/Daniel_Rensch...
Feb-22-13  kellmano: I quite like this guy's videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfJW...

Not everyone's cup of tea I'd imagine, but I find it amusing and mildly instructive.

Feb-17-19  ajile: I enjoy watching his chessbrah tourneys when he wears his Burger King uniform.
Apr-25-20  wordfunph: IM Rensch vs GM So match in chess.com coming soon.
Apr-25-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Rensch will try and talk him to death.
Mar-23-21  Caissanist: Chess.com has experienced explosive growth in the past year, in the wake of Covid and the popularity of the <Queen's Gambit> show. According to Rensch, their site was experiencing 875,000 to 950,000 unique visitors a day a year ago, and now there are about six million a day: https://youtu.be/W6VbSfoRyg0 .
Feb-12-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: Chesscom acquired Play Magnus Group in 2022 for $80M and has 150M+ users and 11M daily users. Its a behemoth. I find it's layout awkward and prefer lichess.

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