The PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador and 'gamesplayer', as she introduces herself in her Twitter handle, is a two-time U.S. women's chess champion, as well as a writer and video artist.
She is the co-founder of 9 Queens nonprofit organization, dedicated to "empowering individuals and communities through chess by making the game fun, exciting, and accessible". In 2005, Jennifer Shahade published her first book, Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport.
Jennifer Shahade scored her top live poker cash of $133,893 in 2014 when she won the Open Face Chinese Poker High Roller Championship organized by TonyBet Poker at King's Casino in Prague.
