📗 Libro en inglés DARK SQUARES: A CULT LEADER, A CHILD PRODIGY AND THE CHESS REVOLU TION

Educated meets The Queen s Gambit in this extraordinary memoir by International Master and Chess com co founder Danny Rensch who describes his upbringing in an abusive cult and how chess ended up saving his life Born into the Church of Immortal Consciousness Danny Rensch spent his childhood navigating the isolated confines of a cult Despite psychological manipulation physical abuse and neglect he persevered An international chess master and world class commentator Rensch s remarkable journey led him to being the face of Chess com one of the largest online gaming platforms in the world With unflinching honesty Rensch recounts his life starting from the moment he discovered chess in the summer of 1995 all the way up to being at the center of the most explosive cheating scandal in chess history He chronicles the traumas of being special in a cult that forced separation from his mother Mentored by an alcoholic Russian chess master he found solace alongside suffering in his obsession for an ancient game and chess became his only escape Rensch rose through the chess ranks until a medical emergency nearly took him out of the game forever And it almost did until Chess com came along Deeply heartfelt keenly reflective and haunting Dark Squares is