Jennifer Shahade
Shahade in 2002 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 31, 1980 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Chess career | |
| 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, Chess Queens, and most recently, Thinking Sideways. She is also 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.