Jennifer Shahade

Jennifer Shahade
Shahade in 2002
Born (1980-12-31) December 31, 1980 (age 43)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2005)
FIDE rating2322 (January 2006)
Peak rating2366 (April 2003)

Jennifer Shahade (born December 31, 1980) is an American chess player, poker player, commentator and writer. She is a two-time United States Women's Champion and has the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. Shahade is the author of the books Chess Bitch, Play Like a Girl, and most recently, Chess Queens, and co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess. From 2018 to 2023, she was the Women's Program Director at the United States Chess Federation. She is also a MindSports Ambassador for PokerStars and a board member of the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis.