Jennifer Shahade

author and two-time U.S. women’s chess champion

Jennifer Shahade is a two-time U.S. women’s chess champion, and the first female to win the U.S. Junior Open. She is the author of “Chess Queens” and “Play Like A Girl.”


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Jennifer Shahade

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Chess has always had a gender problem. A new attack on trans players made it worse.

New restrictions imposed by the game’s international governing body vividly demonstrate the links between misogyny and transphobia.