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Jennifer Shahade

Goodreads Author

Born

in Philadelphia, The United States

Website

https://jennifershahade.com/

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Genre

Nonfiction, Self Help, History

Member Since

February 2008

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Thinking Sideways, my new book, is my intellectual hug to readers. You don't have to have things figured out: like a great chess player, it's more important to Think Sideways, and look at all the options, than try to plan ten moves, or ten years ahead.

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 to my hometown Philadelphia.

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.

I'm open to book club invites online, or irl in NYC or Philly--or when I'm on the road :)
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Average rating: 4.11 · 428 ratings · 75 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time 4.13 avg rating — 221 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
	Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — 7 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! 4.47 avg rating — 19 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
	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 liked Jessica's review of Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life: "At once personal and philosophical, Shahade demonstrates both her depth of understanding and her breadth of research. Every chapter gave me exciting ideas for how to teach my chess students more holistically, spending time making them aware of their " Read more of this review »
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Jennifer Shahade liked Sofia Doroshenko's review of Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life: "I couldn’t put this book down! I rushed through it in two days, wanting the next sentence before finishing the one before it. As a chess player, it gave a clear vocabulary to concepts I’ve always sensed were important but could never quite put into w" Read more of this review »
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Jennifer Shahade rated a book it was amazing Gravitas: The 8 Strengths That Redefine Confidence by Lisa Sun (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 liked Lisa Sun's review of Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life: "Thinking Sideways uses chess as a way to understand how the best decision-makers in the world think...and how the rest of us can too. This is a strategy book that's practical. I love her insights on how elite chess players think and how that can appl" Read more of this review »
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Jennifer Shahade liked Brad Buchanan's review of Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life: "As a chess fan I loved all the insights into chess culture and thinking in this book, as I expected, but I also enjoyed it for a bunch of other reasons: the range of references to fascinating details drawn from art history, science, sports, high tech" Read more of this review »
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Jennifer Shahade rated a book it was amazing The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein	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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