Chess.com's Danny Rensch On How Chess Took Over The Internet | Logically Speaking Ep. 8

Logic sits down with @chess.com's and self-made millionaire Daniel Rensch. From growing up in a cult and being a child chess prodigy to becoming the Chief Chess Officer at largest chess platform in the world, we learn just why Danny is writing a book about his life - an idea inspired by Logic. After becoming fast friends after both moving to Utah around the same time, Logic and Danny talk about how to stay present, the super power strength of gratitude, finding balance between mental health and careers, how powerful positive and negative language really is, learning how to be sad and vulnerable, who the GOAT chess player is, and why chess is way different than you probably think…and full of drama. New episodes on TUESDAYS! SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST! https://lnk.to/LogicallySpeaking LISTEN ON: SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3N92HslXWZDwn6ZcsGCMVJ?si=4bdd9722373141a0 APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/logically-speaking/id1724665793?i=1000648062503 CASTBOX: https://castbox.fm/episode/Chess.com's-Danny-Rensch-On-How-Chess-Took-Over-The-Internet-id5751989-id679900200?country=us FOLLOW US ON: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/logicallyspeakingthepod TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@logicallyspeakingthepod TWITTER / X: https://twitter.com/LogicsPod MORE DANIEL RENSCH: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dannyrensch/ TWITTER / X: https://twitter.com/DanielRensch TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/danielrensch YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/danielrensch FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/danielrensch MORE CHESS: PLAY: https://www.chess.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wwwchesscom/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/chesscom TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/chess YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@chess FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chess Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome Chess Dot Com's Danny Rensch! 2:51 How Logic and Danny met through Chess, Panic Attacks & Mental Health 6:12 Grinding & Stress 8:26 Danny Grew Up In A Commune (Kind of a Cult) 11:27 Danny's Life Deserves a Book 15:32 Parenthood & Getting Snipped 18:32 Balancing Life, Health, Parenthood & Career 23:54 Find Your Why & Love The HUstle 27:43 How Gratitude Is a Superpower 34:52 Finding Happiness Through Personal Growth 39:19 Communication Is The Key, The Power of Yes, And 47:04 Breathing Exercises 48:41 Danny Was a Former Child Chess Prodigy 50:14 Why Is Chess Booming? 52:08 Don't Use Self-Deprecating Language 54:07 The Chess Community 56:33 Is Magnus Carlsen The GOAT? 58:36 When Logic Met Magnus Carlsen 1:00:18 Danny Played 12 Chess Games Blindfolded 1:02:56 When Danny Drew Magnus & Logic beat Alireza Firouzja 1:05:10 Chess Is No Longer Boxed In 1:08:33 DRAMA In The Chess World 1:09:55 The Evolution of Chess 1:13:44 Thank you Danny Rensch! #chess #logic #podcast