Jennifer Shahade is a three-time National Chess Champion, Olympic medallist and author. A two-time Global Poker Award winner and an award winning podcast host, Shahade was the first female to win the US Junior Open. She’s the author of many books, including Chess Bitch/Chess Queens, Play Like a Champion and the forthcoming Thinking Sideways: How To Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Shahade is known for making mind sports more inclusive, and for her bold moves to instigate more gender equality in chess. As The Telegraph reported in 2023, “Thanks to the actions of female stars like Jennifer Shahade, a dark side to the male-dominated-mind sport can no longer be hidden.” Jennifer is a PokerStars ambassador and the host of the award-winning podcast The GRID. You can stay up to date with her Substack
newsletter, Games and The Grid. You can reach Jennifer at Jenshahadeteam@gmail.co