Jennifer Shahade | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | December 31, 1980
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2005) |
FIDE rating | 2322 (January 2006) |
Peak rating | 2366 (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.