Jennifer Shahade
American chess Woman Grandmaster, poker player and writer; two-time US Women's Champion.
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- Jennifer Shahade is an American chess player, poker player, commentator and writer.
- She won the US Women's Chess Championship in 2002 and 2004 and holds the FIDE title Woman Grandmaster.
- Her books include Chess Bitch, Chess Queens and Thinking Sideways.
- She was the US Chess Federation's women's program director from 2018 to 2023, and hosts the poker podcast The GRID.
Key facts
- Born
- 31 December 1980, Philadelphia1
- Titles
- Woman Grandmaster; US Women's Chess Champion (2002, 2004); first woman to win the US Junior Open (1998)1
- Books
- Chess Bitch (2005); Play Like a Girl; Chess Queens; Thinking Sideways (2026); co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess1
- Poker
- MindSports Ambassador for PokerStars (from 2014); host of The GRID (Global Poker Award, podcast of the year 2019)1
- Earlier
- Women's program director, US Chess Federation (2018 to 2023)1
- Boards
- World Chess Hall of Fame; co-founder of 9 Queens (2007)1
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