Meeting A Women's Chess Grandmaster And Poker Champion
Sabrina interviews Women’s Chess Grandmaster and poker champion Jennifer Shahade about being a professional strategist and games player and how more women can embrace these skills and get into the game.
About Jennifer Shahade
Jennifer Shahade is one of the top female chess players in the world. She’s also one of the top female poker players in the world. On top of this, she’s an award-winning podcaster, author, mother and all-round incredible person.
There seem to be no limits to Jennifer’s talent, but she is consistently looking for ways to give back and empower other women. She does this as the US Women’s Chess director, running cross-cultural classes with girls in the US and Kenya, is an ambassador for Poker Stars and runs book clubs for women.
In This Episode...
Jennifer tells a surprising story about how she was not too popular at school until she started playing chess. Chess gave her confidence and the ability to travel all over the world and experience new things, which educate her on different cultures and personalities.
Chess and poker are now in the mainstream media a lot more than they used to be, but poker definitely has a more glamorous feel to the game. Jen discusses what it’s like to be a pro at both and what more can be done to help women get into both.
There’s still very few women who play chess and poker in comparison to men, but there are women-only events now which encourage a safer space and better atmosphere for women to learn both games.
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