The Chess Queen Who Wants Women to Stop Waiting for the Perfect Move
Apr 2, 2026
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How do you make a move when you have no idea what comes next?
Jen Shahade has spent her life inside the world of chess as a two-time U.S. women’s chess champion and the author of many books about chess including her latest Thinking Sideways, a book that uses chess as a way to think better, live better, and stop pretending we can plan ten moves ahead in a world that changes nineteen times a day.
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