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Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer on Kramnik, cheating, money in chess and « zagovorah »
It's Danny Rensch from Chess.com speaking!
Did Chess.com really fire several people from the anti-cheating commission due to poor performance? Is there a decline in popularity for online chess at the amateur level? What challenges did the largest chess platform face during the pandemic? Is there a way to make chess broadcasts spectacular, or is that all in vain?
Learn the answers to these and many other questions in this conversation between Chess.com CEO Daniel Rensch and Ilya Levitov!
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24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 29: Kasparov After Chess, Chess after Kasparov
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The series "24 Hours with Garry Kasparov" has long gone beyond twenty-four episodes, but the time has come. This is the day has come when we post the last video from this series. In many ways, the episode turned out to be philosophical. Garry Kasparov and Ilya Levitov talked about mysticism in life and chess, about how to make chess more popular, touched on the history of its origin, and, of co...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 28: "I've Already Proved Everything to Myself"
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Many chess fans are still wondering how it happened that Garry Kasparov retired from chess almost at his peak, being still the leader of the rating list by a big margin? Perhaps this new video from the series "24 Hours With Garry Kasparov" will help you get the answer! Competitions (held and not held) in the early nineties, a small "flashback from the 90s" and the decision to leave professional...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 27: Defeat
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Could one imagine that after such a successful year 1999 and reaching his peak rating Garry Kasparov would lose his World Champion title in 2000? Life, however, has its own rules, and the match in London gave the chess world a new World Champion. Details of the preparation and the match with Kramnik itself, as well as a small rematch at the tournament in Astana - hear more about that in the 27t...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 26: My Immortal Game
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One of the best performances in history in a clock-simul session, a record series of victories in the tournament, an "immortal" game with Topalov - needless to say, Garry Kimovich was at his peak in the late 90s! The brilliant 1998 and 1999 years of the chess career of the thirteenth World Champion - in the 26th episode of "24 Hours With Garry Kasparov"! 0:00 - On the match against Shirov that ...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 25: Match Against Anand, Deep Blue and Triumphs of 1996-1997
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Today a match between a computer and a human being is no longer of any interest - technology has gone quite far, the fight is no longer equal, no discussion. In the mid-1990s, there was intrigue. And what an intrigue! Garry Kasparov talks about his World Championship match with Anand in 1995, the chess life in 1996-1997 and his matches with Deep Blue in the 25th episode of "24 Hours With Garry ...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 24: Times of Trouble
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A new World Championship match, and for once one without Karpov! However, according to Garry Kimovich himself, he was not so much worried about the fight with Short itself, but rather about what would happen after it - the time of trouble had come already. The match with Short in 1993, the televised rapid series, the victory against Kramnik in Novgorod and the preparation for the match with Ana...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 23: Great Split in the Chess World
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The year 1992 began for Garry Kasparov with tournaments in Linares and Dortmund, then proceeded with the Chess Olympiad, in which the former members of the U.S.S.R. had become independent countries, and ended with preparations for a new World Championship match. At that time, no one could have predicted that one phone call would be the starting point for a split in the chess world for 15 years!...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 22: New Generation and Triumph in Tilburg
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Kasparov won another match, but there is no time to take a break: Linares is already about to begin. From the very first round, it becomes clear that completely different times have come both in the chess world and in their home country. Learn how year 1991 turned out for the World Champion - in the new episode of the series "24 Hours With Garry Kasparov"! 0:00 - A $1.500.000 prize fund for the...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 21: Last Match Against Karpov
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Three years have passed quickly since the end of the Seville match - and it's time again for a new World Championship match against Karpov! Unlike the continuous series of matches in the mid-eighties, the "eternal" opponents had more than enough time to prepare for one another this time around. This led to a series of interesting, and sometimes even risky ideas: in one of the games, Kasparov de...
“Only Kramnik and I are fighting against Chess.com”. An interview with Hans Niemann
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It wasn’t only a short visit during the Candidates Tournament - here’s a full interview with Hans Niemann! On the series of matches he organizes, on how FIDE is changing the World Championship cycle, on Chess.com and many other topics - listen to what Hans has to say in this new video on Levitov Chess World! ✅ Sign up to the channel bit.ly/LevitovChessWorld and don't forget to click on 🛎️ 🎥 Our...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 20: Advent of The Wimbledon of Chess
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We're in 1990, which means that in the autumn Garry Kasparov will once again have to defend his World Champion title in a match against Anatoly Karpov. You must be all set for the match, and 1990 began with Linares - it was in the nineties that the Spanish tournament would become one of the most significant events in the chess calendar. The new episode of "24 Hours with Garry Kasparov" is about...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 19: Fischer's "Eternal" Record Is Broken!
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These days it is still a big event when somebody breaks the 2800 rating barrier. When it happened for the first time in history, it was all the more true! Garry Kasparov talks about the tournaments of the late 80s, the sports life in the U.S.S.R. and Fischer's "eternal record" in the latest episode of "24 Hours with Garry Kasparov"! 0:00 - 1988 World Cup in Reykjavik 4:04 - Jan Timman - Garry K...
Chess is thinking what chess is
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Levitov Chess provides you with a unique opportunity to get to know the long-time editor of the most popular magazine New In Chess! The journey of Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam - from a student photocopying magazines in the Hague library to a luminary of journalism, alongside many interesting chess (and not only) stories - in a conversation with Ilya Levitov! ✅ Sign up to the channel bit.ly/LevitovChe...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 18: Break up with Botvinnik
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In the new episode of the "24 Hours with Garry Kasparov" series, Garry Kimovich recalls the tournaments of 1988 - finally tournaments, not endless matches against Anatoly Karpov! The World Cup in Belfort, the USSR Championship in 1988 and the break up with Botvinnik - all in a new episode! 0:00 Optiebeurs Tournament in Amsterdam, 1988 6:16 World Cup in Belfort, 1988 14:58 Garry Kasparov - Andre...
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 17: Struggle in Seville
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24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 17: Struggle in Seville
Kramnik VS Grischuk. Match of the Legends! Live blitz at myChess Club Moscow
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Kramnik VS Grischuk. Match of the Legends! Live blitz at myChess Club Moscow
"Ten Years From Now, Classical Chess Will Be Dead" An Interview with Ian Nepomniachtchi
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"Ten Years From Now, Classical Chess Will Be Dead" An Interview with Ian Nepomniachtchi
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 16: Victory Over Karpov in 1986 and Revolutions in Chess
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24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 16: Victory Over Karpov in 1986 and Revolutions in Chess
Chess.com starts hunting cheaters!
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Chess.com starts hunting cheaters!
Caruana on cheaters in the top-10, his newfound motivation and working with Russians
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Caruana on cheaters in the top-10, his newfound motivation and working with Russians
An interview with Erik Allebest, CEO of chess.com
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An interview with Erik Allebest, CEO of chess.com
24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 15: Karpov's Secret Whisperer
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24 HOURS WITH GARRY KASPAROV // Episode 15: Karpov's Secret Whisperer
Free math lesson for chess.com from Vladimir Kramnik
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Free math lesson for chess.com from Vladimir Kramnik
I interviewed a cheater
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I interviewed a cheater
Kramnik demands to examine Nakamura’s games
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Kramnik demands to examine Nakamura’s games
An interview with Grand Swiss winner Vidit Gujrathi!
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An interview with Grand Swiss winner Vidit Gujrathi!
Anand on his games against Kasparov and Carlsen. Flash Memories
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Anand on his games against Kasparov and Carlsen. Flash Memories
Kramnik exposes cheaters with proofs!
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Kramnik exposes cheaters with proofs!
Kramnik and Polgar on chess and chess players
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Kramnik and Polgar on chess and chess players

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @macroma
    @macroma 7 днів тому

    Build your own website. Lets see

  • @phl4423
    @phl4423 11 днів тому

    30:20 - 30:35 How is it possible? It is the easiest thing in the world to explain by so many different things. Variance, Psycholog.. The fact he asks this question in a serious manner has me thinking he is almost as dense as Kramnik. Kramnik isnt an online grinder - he isnt as bothered when playing with a different set up. Who knows what the difference is for them playing iRL (they played iRL online too.. it is 100% different) ect.. Like Im not even waiting for how Dani Rensch to answers this.. but this proves nothing at all and whoever does not understand this.. is crazy.. to me

  • @paulgardiner4336
    @paulgardiner4336 12 днів тому

    "His figures sound right"??? Only to those untrained in statistics. Know what you don't know.

  • @japrizzle
    @japrizzle 13 днів тому

    thanks igor for the magic in the background!

  • @drriks0017
    @drriks0017 15 днів тому

    Levitov is a fool - he uses a crystal ball to decide if someone is cheating.

  • @drriks0017
    @drriks0017 15 днів тому

    Kramnik is a washed up chess player who has no understanding of statistics... Hikaru has challenged Kramnik to a $1M chess challenge. Has Kramnik accepted, or is he scared?

  • @drriks0017
    @drriks0017 15 днів тому

    Lenitov shows his stupidity... 'These f++king mathematicians, I don't care about them'. This is a pointless conversation with someone who doesn't understand high level math. Lenitov needs to stick to chess.

  • @QuantumAnswer
    @QuantumAnswer 16 днів тому

    What Kremnik does is ridiculous and I don't understand why people even pay attention to what he says. It is simple, If you accuse 100 people being thiefs and one of them turns out to be thief, at that point, you were NOT right, you were 99% wrong. It's confirmation bias at its best, counting hits and ignoring SEA of misses. Just wake up...

  • @AnkhArcRod
    @AnkhArcRod 16 днів тому

    Who even is this Levitov guy? I tried to look up his past and he has none on Google indexed pages. Anyway, it's funny that he actually said that he trusts feeling more than statistics!

  • @supercluster
    @supercluster 17 днів тому

    "Strong feelings are almost always right" , yikes buddy

  • @chesswhizzard
    @chesswhizzard 17 днів тому

    Kramnik entered a tournament, he lost his first game and immediately complained “he’s definitely cheating!” The arbiter said “Vladimir, it's a simul and you were playing yourself!” Kramnik narrowed his eyes and muttered, “Even I don’t trust me these days…”

  • @Jaylen-w3j
    @Jaylen-w3j 17 днів тому

    3+2, 3+1 and 3+0 are all completely different time controls. Kramnik would not do as well if he faces Josem with the same time controls as TT. Kramnik needs to be sanctioned by FIDE or sued.

  • @checkanr138
    @checkanr138 18 днів тому

    I was surprised to see Caruana clearly state that he also thinks the game is full of cheaters especially during Titled Tuesdays. And his colleagues he says agree. That means the current measures are not enough.

  • @RichardDynes-n4q
    @RichardDynes-n4q 20 днів тому

    Everything I've ever heard Danny say about cheat detection makes perfect, logical sense to me. MOST of the time, Kramnik sounds like someone who is just FED UP; The PROBLEM with Kramnik is that exactly ZERO objective truth can be a guaranteed byproduct of this overflowing emotional wellspring.

  • @kgsphinx
    @kgsphinx 20 днів тому

    Danny, this is an awesome interview that exposes your insight into the commercial viability of Chess and how much you care about developing something consumable, marketable and enjoyable for the public. I'm not sure there are many people thinking about this as much as you are. It sounds like you have found your calling. Keep up the good work!

  • @DreamWizard9
    @DreamWizard9 21 день тому

    Please talk English. I don't understand any of this weird language!

  • @Ulujmf
    @Ulujmf 21 день тому

    Feeling better that stat lool. This guys is so bias for krammik

  • @matheuspenteado8174
    @matheuspenteado8174 22 дні тому

    Levitov talks about how Jospem didn't dominate the match against Kramnik the way he had done on line but he seems to forget that those on line games were 3+1 and Kramnik demanded that the match would have only 3+2 games. This 1 extra second increment makes a difference, especially when the players have little time left. Kramnik can't even make premoves, for crying out loud. There was a 10+0 rapid game against Keymer in which Kramnik got flagged because of it. He had more time on the clock and still lost!

  • @xDEEZKNUGHTZx
    @xDEEZKNUGHTZx 23 дні тому

    That brown chair behind Danny looks REALLY COMFORTABLE! 🤓

  • @klahpspaten4208
    @klahpspaten4208 23 дні тому

    Where does he keep looking? Kramnik please check. Your advice is needed.

  • @klahpspaten4208
    @klahpspaten4208 23 дні тому

    Danny Rensch best man

  • @Xyikz
    @Xyikz 24 дні тому

    Kramnik is just an internet bully.

  • @afterneet4421
    @afterneet4421 25 днів тому

    The thing was that .. 1) i do think that he was bullied by all over the world and rumored about using beads 2)yes that was initiated by magnus with that tweet but i still do think that he didnt accused him of cheating directly he was suspicious though nd withdrew bcoz of his history of cheating Further lawsuit made hans even more reputed as 😂 3) hikaru as always acts like a child and does anything for content 4) not getting invutations isnt only hans problem even other gms like arjun werent recieving invitations 5) hans is completely delusional and a hypocrite even supporting another delusional kramnik😂

  • @thomasbolsee
    @thomasbolsee 26 днів тому

    47:30 Statistics are never wrong because statistics don't claim anything. PEOPLE make claims based on statistical observations, but it has to go through some kind of reasoning, and this is the part where things can be "wrong". We aren't suggesting that Kramnik is providing wrong statistics, but rather that the way he uses these statistics to support his claims is deceptive because his reasoning is always biased and flawed.

    • @Grandcapi
      @Grandcapi 26 днів тому

      Statistics= if I eat a whole chicken and you don't, then we had half a chicken each.

  • @thetunapeckerblues
    @thetunapeckerblues 27 днів тому

    "I think it's not personal"... so that makes it not personal? This guy is biased.

  • @AthosRac
    @AthosRac 28 днів тому

    Some chapters will help!

  • @tschakatschada
    @tschakatschada 28 днів тому

    The feeling comment is kind of insane. What do you mean feelings are more important and believable?

  • @predragnikolic3040
    @predragnikolic3040 28 днів тому

    Kramnik is right.Cheating online is a joke by now, let's try it over the board.

  • @PDSeverus
    @PDSeverus 28 днів тому

    Kramnik is being very irresponsible. If it is a fide tournament then Kramnik should complain to them or whichever appropriate authority there is ,but doing detective work with eyeball movements and the like is just irresponsible. All of these allegations are followed by an invitation to play him - Why ? .He should start playing fide rated tournaments and then complain about cheating." to FIDE. I classify this as indirect bullying-If you beat me I will call you a cheater . If you don't play me -I will force you to play me otherwise you are a cheater. Alternatively he could devise an alternative rating system of his own named something like K-ELO 🤷

  • @ravinamastor
    @ravinamastor 28 днів тому

    "I believe more in feelings than statistics"...... wow..... how can you live with yourself. i hope you stub your toe every day for the rest of your life.

  • @cwjalexx
    @cwjalexx 28 днів тому

    57:07 did danny just say that he and robert hess were in the closet in 2018?

  • @TheMrInfantaria
    @TheMrInfantaria 29 днів тому

    Levitov, prepare to be accused of cheating by kramnik after this interview. You looked to the sides pretty often. Danny even more so

  • @TheGrandmasterMan
    @TheGrandmasterMan 29 днів тому

    Rensch needs to start with giving the real level of cheating....damn sight more than the 2% he claims in my opinion

    • @kamerona
      @kamerona 28 днів тому

      You know what they say about opinions.....

    • @Surreal_Bread
      @Surreal_Bread 25 днів тому

      2% over-performance in TT not cheating on the website, or among good player, amazing how people just dont listen...

  • @dzukaev
    @dzukaev 29 днів тому

    Посмотрю в разборе Крамника 😃

  • @ethan073
    @ethan073 29 днів тому

    1:16:00 a brainstorming meeting around this topic is a good idea

  • @ethan073
    @ethan073 29 днів тому

    I feel Kramnik has crossed many ethical lines, with increasing seriousness, over the last year. It is reassuring in a small way to hear Danny’s overall opinion on this is so similar to my own. With Kramnik’s latest words toward Naroditsky, I believe an ethics complaint should be filed against him with FIDE.

  • @dirkcallaway
    @dirkcallaway Місяць тому

    Levitov: "I don't care about statistics".. um, well then I guess you have nothing interesting to say about cheating then.

  • @craigrathe2469
    @craigrathe2469 Місяць тому

    This interview was incredible, BTW. Both sides open and honest, no BS. I encourage people to listen to the entire thing.

  • @KasparOne
    @KasparOne Місяць тому

    Ютуб, почему этого интервью нет в моих рекомендациях? Это что - заговор? Я звоню Владимиру..🎉

  • @JanisNisii
    @JanisNisii Місяць тому

    Danny (and almost every American) should learn how to talk with non Americans. He uses many idioms or figurative speech or plain slang. I'm pretty sure a lot of what he said got lost to ESL viewers and the host himself because of that. For example he kept on saying "getting eyeballs" and similar expressions with friggin' eyeballs. Can't you say people who watch something or read something? I think that the ability to communicate within an international context is crucial in his position and for the goals he wants to achieve.

  • @lendamusic
    @lendamusic Місяць тому

    Great interview! Danny is awesome and hope Kramnik will work in favor of chess instead of accusing everyone disrespectfully

  • @EugeniFeudorov
    @EugeniFeudorov Місяць тому

    Поставил кружку в кадр ради американца. Самим не стыдно? Какой же … 🙈

  • @petardiranirafali
    @petardiranirafali Місяць тому

    story about divisions.. so long the answer.. bulls_ _ t

  • @petardiranirafali
    @petardiranirafali Місяць тому

    officer puppet

  • @michaelmkpadi5246
    @michaelmkpadi5246 Місяць тому

    If a player is 12 years old and beats Magnus 10-0, Daniel Rensch says ah this is a chess prodigy so his DNA is fast improving. If same performance beating Magnus 10-0 and player is 32years old Kramnik says must be cheat. Both are deluded and wrong to assume those things. Chess future performances can't be predicted. Historic results can be used to provide rankings but these are not predictions of future performances.

    • @petardiranirafali
      @petardiranirafali Місяць тому

      he can says that because he is not the free person but puppet officer of chesscom

    • @Surreal_Bread
      @Surreal_Bread 25 днів тому

      No one has ever or will ever beat magnus 10-0 in rapid or blitz, maybe hyperbullet stuff like 15" or 30" chess. Just bad example.

  • @michaelmkpadi5246
    @michaelmkpadi5246 Місяць тому

    How can you predict people's performances in chess? 😂

    • @Surreal_Bread
      @Surreal_Bread 25 днів тому

      Based on hundreds or thousands of games they play. There is an expected deviation between games that is pretty much impossible to follow if cheating.

  • @jacobknapp4032
    @jacobknapp4032 Місяць тому

    Interviewer is terrible. Kramnik is an old man upset he got worse at chess. Rensch is too considerate of this nonsense

    • @immanitodeplomo
      @immanitodeplomo Місяць тому

      you can in fact be worse in chess. or in tenis being way young also. no reason to be upset about this.

    • @jacobknapp4032
      @jacobknapp4032 Місяць тому

      @@immanitodeplomo tell Vlad and his friend. I am not the one upset, spewing nonsense statistics, spreading silly fears

  • @luca4xxx
    @luca4xxx Місяць тому

    funny, he said Caps was a fun tool for KIDS!!! Danny as a chess player should have applied Dvoretsky's prophylactic thinking and predicted Kramnik's behavior

  • @luca4xxx
    @luca4xxx Місяць тому

    All the best for Danny. Honestly the task of guessing someone cheating is a little bit easier than taking decisions and say "look here the data that show this and this" based on 100 hundred of games

  • @Larbez
    @Larbez Місяць тому

    Kramnik prepared against Jospem for his offline match. He wasn't prepared in his online games. This alone should make a massive difference in score.

    • @TheRealMissingLink
      @TheRealMissingLink Місяць тому

      1000%

    • @immanitodeplomo
      @immanitodeplomo Місяць тому

      ??? you can say the same abaout any players, but BOTH have the same time to prepare for this match. not only kramink

    • @hugovaillant6839
      @hugovaillant6839 Місяць тому

      not only, playing OTB is VERY different from online chess, furthermore TT is 3+1. which Kramnik did not accept, playing with 3+2, and the face to face OTB was 5+2, and in spite of that Jospem won the first match. You can only understand the prior considerations if you played both online chess and OTB with a rating roughly equal or aboveabove 2000

    • @GaaikeEuwema
      @GaaikeEuwema Місяць тому

      It become very clear (at least in my opinion) the reason for his online dominance was the time control.. it was very obvious kramnik couldn't survive a single game when low on time...

    • @zfeazcesd1047
      @zfeazcesd1047 28 днів тому

      Playing against someone you think is cheating versus playing that same player in a setting you think he is not ALONE would explain the differing results. Every single GM agrees that you play differently against someone you think is cheating.