Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Jennifer Shahade

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American chess player Jennifer Shahade.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Jennifer Shahade is an American chess player, poker player, commentator and writer. She is a two-time United States Women's Champion and has the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. Shahade is the author of the books Chess Bitch, Play Like a Girl, and most recently, Chess Queens, and co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess. She is the Women's Program Director at US Chess, MindSports Ambassador for PokerStars and a board member of the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis.

American - Chess Player | Born: December 31, 1980

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Playing chess is more athletic than artistic. Champions are more concerned with victory than beauty: it's war with occasionally graceful kicks.

Jennifer Shahade

Tournament chess is not relaxing. It's stressful, even if you win.

Jennifer Shahade

Most chess books only sell a few thousand copies, and a book titled something like "Women in Chess" would sell even fewer. The idea with this title was to spread the book outside the competitive chess world. I'm interested in attracting readers who love chess but play only casually, and feminists interested in male-dominated fields.

Jennifer Shahade

If there were a 1:1 ratio of women and men in the chess world I would agree that all tournaments should be integrated. But a lot of women feel alienated at these mixed events, so it's positive to have occasional all women's events.

Jennifer Shahade

I love chess, but it's the height of decadence.

Jennifer Shahade

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Jennifer Shahade

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