This Is The Chess.com Boss Who Decided To Cheat

Danny Rensch, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Chess.com (dok. Chess.com)

JAKARTA - The Dewa_Kipas alias Dadang Subur anomaly attracted the attention of many parties. No exception Danny Rensch, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Chess.com.

He even mobilized the Fair Play team to analyze the Dewa_Kipas game which has very high accuracy. His movements even exceed the top Indonesian chess players.

"We work in the context of our experience of understanding the level of play of the best chess players in the world today," Rensch said as quoted by the Wired page, Thursday, March 18.

Due to the similarity of the steps in the chess game Dewa_Kipas, which is similar to this bot. The team decided to ban the Dewa_Kipas account for cheating.

According to him, account closure is not something special. Because in the action, thousands of Chess.com accounts are closed every day.

After coming back from a three pawn-deficit, @rainnwilson STALEMATES @benjyfishy in a K / Q endgame! 🤯Final Match Score: Rainn Wilson: 1.5BenjyFishy: 0.5 pic.twitter.com/JII9n39MeL

- Chess.com (@chesscom) February 27, 2021

Holds an International Master

Danny himself was a chess champion, before becoming the Chief Operating Officer at Chess.com. He once held the record for the youngest national chess master in Arizona at the age of 14.

In 2004, Danny earned the title International Master and became the highest rated 19-year-old chess player in the United States. Danny was a frequent commentator on chess matches.

Even during this pandemic, Danny was also an active streamer and held many chess education online on YouTube.