Jennifer Shahade is a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, author, speaker and poker pro. The first female to win the US Junior Open, Jennifer is passionate about empowerment and creative work around the games she loves most, chess and poker. She is the author of CHESS QUEENS, PLAY LIKE A GIRL and PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION.
In 2023, she broke international news of #MeToo in chess, forwarding her mission to make chess safe and fun for all.
Her next book, THINKING SIDEWAYS, delves into the ways that iconic games like chess and poker can make the world a better place, while also allowing us to become the first versions of ourselves.
A member of team PokerStars Pro, and an Ambassador for Poker Power, Jennifer believes that poker can help us make better decisions, and reveal deep-seeded emotional barriers to financial success and happiness.
The host of the GRID podcast, Jennifer is a two-time Global Poker Award winner . Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Reach Jennifer about speaking or media at jenshahade at gmail dot com and jenshahadeteam at gmail dot com.
