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Jennifer Shahade

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Born

in Philadelphia, The United States

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https://jennifershahade.com/

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Nonfiction, Self Help, History

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February 2008

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I love games and I love books and I can't wait to share my passion with you.

I am a three-time National Chess Champion--I won the US Women's Championship twice and was the first female to win the US Junior Open. I've also won poker tournaments all over the World from Prague to London to Las Vegas.

I'm the author of several books including Chess Bitch / Chess Queens, and my upcoming Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chessplayer and Win at Life.

Thinking Sideways distills the lessons I've learned from games while interweaving science and the stories of champions and innovators not only in chess, but also in art, tech, poker and sports. From improving your memory to coping with stagnation to getting the most out of your life and career wi ...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 397 ratings · 68 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time 4.15 avg rating — 218 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chess Bitch: Women In The Ultimate Intellectual Sport 3.95 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Play Like a Girl! 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Play Like a Champion it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chess Queens really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sinquefield Cup: Celebrating Five Years 2013-2017 by Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, Alejandro Ramírez it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jennifer Shahade rated a book it was amazing Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead by Kenneth Rogoff	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jennifer Shahade liked Talia's review of Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life: "Thinking Sideways Is basically a class of how to not blunder in Life. Jen once gave me a poker lesson before a big tournament, and the calm, practical advice she shared then is exactly what comes through in this book. She writes about thinking differ" Read more of this review »
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Jennifer Shahade rated a book it was amazing The Stories, Games, and Intrigues of Capablanca and Alekhine by Luis Fernández Siles	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jennifer Shahade rated a book it was amazing Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert by John Barylick	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jennifer Shahade finished reading Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time by Jennifer Shahade (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jennifer Shahade wants to read Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life by Jennifer Shahade (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jennifer Shahade rated a book it was amazing The Joy of Poker: Win More, Be Happy by Jason Su	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is truly a steal, as Jason distills lessons with his high stakes clients in this book, which costs you a fraction of what even one session would. He gives a lot of non obvious advice, and digs into cliches that are easy to say but hard to e ...more
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Jennifer Shahade wants to read Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam M. Grant (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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