Her Mom Was A Chemistry Professor…And A Bookie. Jennifer Shahade Shares Her Story!

<p>She was rated 1400 for years.In a family of champions.Her father, a chess champion. Her brother, 2200 and climbing. And Jennifer,stuck — while people talked behind her back about why the kid in the family ofgeniuses couldn&#39;t play.Then, at 14, it clicked.1400 to 2200 inside two years. One of the youngest female masters in thecountry. Two US championships.And in the middle of that run, she won a beautiful game against a much strongerplayer — and found a note waiting on her board the next round.&quot;Jennifer, it is not nice to cheat with help from friends.&quot;She won that one anyway. She was on a roll.In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Jennifer Shahade joins Art Parmann andJustin Young for the whole ride:♠️ The mother who was the first female full professor of chemistry at Drexel —and ran a sports book on the side♥️ The overnight Greyhound she took alone at 16 to win a title, and the trophyshe left in the luggage compartment♦️ Why chess players go broke at poker, and what money means in a game thatdoesn&#39;t have any♣️ Blowing up her own career to name a grandmaster — and coming out the otherside as an ambassador for US ChessWe also get into:- Teaching her son chess, and the day he told her to stop letting him win- Winning a national championship and oversleeping the live TV interview- Push/shove ranges at the WSOP before anyone played that way (&quot;they just hated me&quot;)- Chess boxing, and why the Team USA tryouts were three days ago in Vegas- Her NAPT third-place run, and why being friendly at the table makes youmonstrously strong- Writing Thinking Sideways — and catching herself feeling the exact cognitivebias she wrote aboutThis isn&#39;t a strategy episode.It&#39;s about what it costs to be the first one to say something — and what ittakes to keep playing after.👇 Drop a comment:Is calling someone out publicly ever the right first move, or always the last resort?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Show Notes00:00 — Intro + How To Say Shahade 02:18 — Philly, Chess Family &amp; Her Bookie Mom 05:37 — Growing Up Around Chess 09:08 — Greyhound Bus To A Junior Title 10:31 — Process, Pressure &amp; Teaching Her Son 14:41 — Judit Polgar, Kasparov &amp; Chess Drama 18:07 — Cheating Accusations In Chess 22:05 — NYU, New York Chess &amp; National Titles 26:01 — Poker Enters The Picture 30:22 — Online vs. Live: Pattern Recognition vs. Thinking 33:44 — Ch