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!
Anyone can play, but only Streamers can win! *** See Season 2 details here. *** Chess.com is pleased to announce Arena Kings, its first running series of events with cash prizes possible for both titled and non-titled players. As long as pla...
The 2018 season of the Professional Rapid Online (PRO) Chess League will offer more than $56,000 in prizes to its players, the league announced today. The successful online chess league is back for the 2018 season and will feature a mix of the w...
The 2017 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship will seed 16 players into an elimination bracket for Chess.com's biggest annual tournament, with the first round of matches starting in May 2017. UPDATE: Click here for updates and Round 1 sc...
Perhaps the perfect way to bring one of the most exciting years we've ever had on Chess.com to a close is to announce (and host) the first ever Chess.com Crazyhouse Championship. Following up on the GM Blitz Battle Championship, the announcement o...
I'm excited for Thursday's Blitz Battle Championship match and want to give my appreciation (on behalf of all of Chess.com) to the fans for supporting us! How are we showing our appreciation? During the GM Blitz Battle finals, we ...
2017 PRO Chess League Prizes: End of Year: PRO Chess League Champions: $20,000 2nd Place Team: $10,000 3rd Place Team: $3,000 4th Place Team: $3,000 Most Valuable Player | GOLD: $2,500 Most Valuable Player | SILVER: $1,500 Most Valuabl...
With all the first-round games at the 2016 Gashimov Memorial drawn, one might conclude the dynamic chess of the late, great Azeri grandmaster was not played. However, the lack of decisive clashes was not due to a lack of f...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Want to support top grandmasters like Hikaru Nakamura and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and get your company name in front of a global audience of engaged chess fans? Become a sponsor of the next Chess.com ...
PRESS RELEASE -- Chess.com LLC Chess.com and the United States Chess Federation (USCF) have agreed to terms that will bring USCF Quick Rated play to Chess.com's live server twice a week. Chess.com participants must become USCF members to play...
Chess.com hosted the 2014 World Mind Games Online Tournament from September 15 to November 18, and it was the largest tournament in Chess.com history. Nearly 3,000 total participants gathered here on Chess.com to compete in the ga...
PRESS RELEASE -- Chess.com LLC March 17th, 2014: ChessKid.com is set to host the 3rd Annual Online National Chess Championship, June 6th-8th 2014. First founded in June of 2012, last year's event was the second ever "online" National Chess Champ...
Chess.com's 3rd Death Match Qualifier will take place from December 1st 2013 to January 1st, 2014 and will determine the participants for the 21st Chess.com Blitz Death Match - set to be held on Saturday, February 8th 2014. The rules and format ...
Chess.com will offer a wide array of exclusive, comprehensive coverage of the 2013 World Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand - taking place in Chennai, India from November 7th-28th. With live (ChessTV) coverage during...
As announced a few weeks ago, Chess.com will be the exclusive host of the 2013 United States Chess League. This means twice the action on Chess.com's Live Chess server and on ChessTV (compared to last year when we co-hosted with the ICC)! We'll ha...
The final results are in for the 2nd Annual National Online Inviational Championship! This event once again brought together many of the nation's best youth chess players to compete for the only existing "online" chess championship title. Curren...
The winners of the 2nd Annual Blitz Death Match Qualifier have been contacted, and their participation in Chess.com's 15th Blitz Death Match on June 9th at 9AM Pacific time is now confirmed: . GM Fabiano Caruana - world # 8 according to the F...
PRESS RELEASE -- Chess.com LLC May 5th, 2013: ChessKid.com is set to host the 2nd Annual Online National Chess Championship, June 14th-17th 2013. Founded and organized in June of 2012, last year's event was the first of its kind a...
As we near the eve of our 13th Blitz Death Match, we figure you've waited long enough for the announcement regarding our 14th! Remember, this month members are competing to qualify for the 15th Blitz Death Match in June, and you can see details he...
On the heels of our 12th Blitz Death Match, we know you are all still looking for more blitz? So look no further! GM Alexandr Fier and GM Leonid Kritz will take the virtual stage in Chess.com's 13th Blitz Death Match,...
It's here! The 2nd Annual Death Match Qualifier will take place from April 1st-May 1st, and will determine the participants for the 15th Chess.com Death Match - to be held on Sunday, June 9th! As of May 1st, the highest-rated active blitz player...
It's official! Rising stars GM Alexander Ipatov and GM Marc Arnold are confirmed to participate in Chess.com's 12th Blitz Death Match, set to take place Saturday, March 30th, at 8am Pacific, 11am Eastern. The two young s...
In yet another thrilling Blitz Death Match, Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi edged out Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez by a final score of 16.5-13.5, pulling away just enough in the final portion of play (Bullet) to win by three games. The first Death ...
Starting on January 16, 2013, Grandmaster Timur Gareev will compete against Chess.com members in a unique bi-weekly event: He will attempt to break the world record for total number of boards played in a Blindfold Simultaneous match at t...
Grandmaster Robin Van Kampen and International Master Benjamin Bok have confirmed their participation in Chess.com's 11th Blitz Death Match, to be held Saturday, February 2nd 2013 at 9am PST - 1PM EST. The two players will be competing for the $1,...
Grandmasters Parimarjan Negi and Alejandro Ramirez have both confirmed their participation in Chess.com's 10th Blitz Chess Death Match, set to take place on January 12th, 2013 - with pre-match interviews starting at 6:00 PM Pacific, 9:00...
