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philadelphia , pennsylvania 2322 -lrb- sept 2011 -rrb- woman grandmaster 31 december 1980 jennifer shahade jenshahade0201 063.jpg jennifer shahade
 jennifer shahade
jennifer shahade

jennifer shahade -lrb- born december 31 , 1980 in philadelphia , pennsylvania -rrb- is an american chess player , poker player , commentator and writer .
she is a two-time american women 's chess champion and has the fide title of woman grandmaster .
jennifer is the author of the books ` chess bitch ' and ` play like a girl ' and co-author of ` marcel duchamp : the art of chess . '
she is also the online editor at uschess.org , mindsports ambassador for pokerstars and a board member of the world chess hall of fame in saint louis .
she is the daughter of fide master mike shahade and drexel university chemistry professor and author sally solomon , and the sister of international master greg shahade .
in 1998 , she became the first -lrb- and so far only -rrb- woman to win the u.s. junior open .
in 2002 , she won the u.s. women 's chess championship in seattle , washington .
the following year , although she did not repeat as u.s. women 's champion , she did well enough to earn her second of three required international master norms .
in 2004 , she returned to the top spot among u.s. women chess players by winning the u.s. women 's championship that year in a seven-player invitational round-robin tournament .
shahade lives in philadelphia and has earned a degree in comparative literature at new york university .
her writing has appeared in the `` la times '' , the `` new york times '' , `` chess life '' , `` new in chess '' , and games magazine .
her first book , `` chess bitch : women in the ultimate intellectual sport '' -lrb- siles press , isbn 1-890085-09-x -rrb- was published in october 2005 .
in 2006 shahade was hired by the united states chess federation to be the web editor-in-chief of its site .
in 2007 shahade co-founded a chess non-profit called 9 queens .
shahade is also a poker player .
in 2014 , she became the mindsports ambassador for pokerstars .
on december 9 , 2014 , shahade won the first tonybet open face chinese poker live world championship high roller event taking home $ 100,000 .
she is also a coach for the training website , run it once .
