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Rensch has been offering chess analysis online since 2009. His "Rook
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Rensch is the "public face" of Chess.com as a spokesperson for the company. Notably, he has created video tutorials for using the site's features and hosts the quarterly "State of Chess.com" show, presenting the company's activities over its previous three months and its plans for the future.
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An online event, "The $ 40,000 GM Blitz Battle
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Rensch won the 1998 Elementary
National Championship before becoming Arizona's youngest National Master in 1999. After earning the title, Rensch won the 2000 Junior High National Championship in Tucson, Arizona. In 2004, Rensch tied for the National High School Championship, beating
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tying for a third-place finish with only one loss. In 2009, Rensch earned his final IM norm at Susan Polgar's SPICE CUP by achieving a draw against
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