About the Author

Jennifer Shahade is a two-time U.S. Women's Champion and a Woman Grandmaster. Jennifer is the author of Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport, which profiles the lives of many of the players featured in this book; and co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess. In 2005, Shahade and Jean Hoffman co-founded 9 Queens (9queens.org), a non-profit organization that promotes chess in those who are most in need of its benefits. Shahade is editor of the official website of the U.S. Chess Federation, uschess.org. A resident of Philadelphia, she also maintains a personal website at jennifershahade.com.