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Chess Queens
'Like The Queen's Gambit , this isn't really about chess, but power ... Shahade is up for the fight'
Sunday Times
What does it take to make it to the top of your game?
As a chess champion, Jennifer Shahade has travelled the world playing major tournaments. At the top, she finds rivalry and friendship; sexism and feminism; ecstatic highs and excruciating losses.
Chess Queens invites us behind the scenes of this ultra male-dominated sport. We meet today's elite, as well as the pioneering female players in history who fought against the odds to get to the top.
An essential guide for all aspiring chess queens, Jennifer's story reveals what it takes to break through the glass ceiling.
'Jennifer Shahade is a brilliant, insightful thinker who never fails to entertain and engage'
Maria Konnikova
'An astoundingly intimate, thoughtful and inspirational book by a person who has seen it all from the inside'
Angela Saini
Sunday Times
What does it take to make it to the top of your game?
As a chess champion, Jennifer Shahade has travelled the world playing major tournaments. At the top, she finds rivalry and friendship; sexism and feminism; ecstatic highs and excruciating losses.
Chess Queens invites us behind the scenes of this ultra male-dominated sport. We meet today's elite, as well as the pioneering female players in history who fought against the odds to get to the top.
An essential guide for all aspiring chess queens, Jennifer's story reveals what it takes to break through the glass ceiling.
'Jennifer Shahade is a brilliant, insightful thinker who never fails to entertain and engage'
Maria Konnikova
'An astoundingly intimate, thoughtful and inspirational book by a person who has seen it all from the inside'
Angela Saini
400 pages, Paperback
Published October 31, 2023
About the author
Jennifer Shahade
7 books42 followersAs a National chess and poker champion, I help you build confidence and make better decisions.
My latest book, Thinking Sideways, outlines crucial cognitive skills that apply to life and chess, like memory, time management and decision making, and shows how you can cultivate these same abilities even if you don't play games.
The key point is this: 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 to plan ten moves, or ten years, ahead.
Find me everywhere @jenshahade or at "See the Sideways Move": https://jenshahade.substack.com/
Reach out with book club invites or media and speaking inquiries to jenshahadeteam@gmail.com
My latest book, Thinking Sideways, outlines crucial cognitive skills that apply to life and chess, like memory, time management and decision making, and shows how you can cultivate these same abilities even if you don't play games.
The key point is this: 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 to plan ten moves, or ten years, ahead.
Find me everywhere @jenshahade or at "See the Sideways Move": https://jenshahade.substack.com/
Reach out with book club invites or media and speaking inquiries to jenshahadeteam@gmail.com
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