NYC friends!! I’m on a panel at Bryant Park Aug 12 (Wed), 1230 PM with Sam Roberts, NYT Obituary Writer--Are They Dead Yet?, Casey Sherman, true crime novelist--The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright: The True Story of Mass Murder in Paradise And Me! FREE bryantpark.org/calendar/eve...

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Best-selling authors discuss their latest books

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Is Long Think/Wrong Think a valid principle…or just a rhyme? Check out my latest for the answer! I use the pivotal WSOP heads-up hand and chess research as jumping off points. : jennifershahade.com/stack/long-t...

Long Think, Wrong Think: Rhyme or Reason?

What a pivotal hand at the World Series of Poker can teach us about decision making under time constraints

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Fabian and I discuss the SOFA technique S: Sleep O: Organize F: Focus A: Active Learning

In my latest, I write about why so many were surprised by LeBron’s stunning decision…and what it can teach us about winning. jenshahade.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

The Logic of Ring-Maxxing: LeBron's Decision

LeBron James is a Sixer! What can his decision teach us about games and life?

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Critical thinking, creative visualization, long-term improvement through self-examination and iteration… #chess has everything!

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Strategy games like chess (and poker for adults!) are a pushback against the "cognitive surrender" that we risk if we cede our critical thinking to social media algorithms and LLMs. 💡

Strategy games like chess (and poker for adults!) are a pushback against the "cognitive surrender" that we risk if we cede our critical thinking to social media algorithms and LLMs. 💡

Cheating...in chess and in writing. Fabian and I discuss:

New York Times on Marcel Duchamp, chess & a Susan Polgar simul at the MOMA www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/a...

Duchamp Gave Up Art for Chess. At MoMA, He Inspires a New Gambit. (Gift Article)

Susan Polgar, a chess grandmaster, will be playing 50 artists, critics and fans of Marcel Duchamp at the same time, in honor of his birthday, July 28.

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At some point our country lost the thread so hard that this isn't the biggest news of the day. www.ualrpublicradio.org/npr-news/202...

E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case

The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.

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Worked @jenshahade.bsky.social's Thinking Sideways into this week's article. www.chess.com/article/view...

Long Think. Wrong Think.

In the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Hikaru Nakamura was chasing the tournament leader, GM Javokhir Sindarov. After twelve moves, Sindarov played a move that Nakamura hadn't prepared, and Nakamu...

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I wrote about record turnouts, transphobia and allyship in chess vs poker at the 2026 World Series of Poker Ladies Event: jenshahade.substack.com/p/record-tur...

Record Turnout, Ugly Backlash at WSOP Ladies Week

A dispatch from the first leg of my Las Vegas trip

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I had a terrific conversation with the awesome @jenshahade.bsky.social for the Curiosity Entangled podcast--"What Chess Reveals About Gender, Intelligence, and Culture" check it out- www.youtube.com/watch?v=37H0...

What Chess Reveals About Gender, Intelligence, and Culture | Agustín Fuentes & Jennifer Shahade

YouTube video by Accelerator Media

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My latest, on chess, writing, and what we learned from a decades head start on superhuman AI. jenshahade.substack.com/p/chess-chea...

Chess Cheating was an Omen for All of Us

The rise of slop and the fall of trust, in words and in chess

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Live with GM Maurice Ashley for the annual Chess2Change Charity Event! Chess and business luminaries are teaming up young African talents in team hand &🧠 matches to fundraise for their education, equipment and housing. Watch: www.twitch.tv/chess2change Donate: streamlabs.com/chess2change...

Fabian and I discuss Marcel Duchamp, the Fountain and an infinite game. jenshahade.substack.com/p/all-chessp...

All Chessplayers are Artists: Duchamp, The Urinal and Hulachess

I show Fabian the game that inspired hulachess

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CHECKMATE! Tremendous piece of work from the New Yorker Magazine on the Tate brothers and the rise, and imminent fall, of the "manosphere." Kudos to writer Heidi Blake, and all the people who spoke on and off the record. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...?

Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse

How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women.

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My latest on Claude Code Psychosis, hulachess and games that are rigged against humanity. jenshahade.substack.com/p/this-game-...

This Game Is Not Made for Us

An AI can't play Hulachess. Or can it?

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Yesterday I got an inquiry from someone who wanted me to promote their AI-generated book. It even has a fake quote from me, misattributing someone else’s idea to me. Layers on layers! Just as I was reeling, another AI pitch to promote content hit my inbox.

My latest on the touch move rule and patterns that hold from kindergarten to Karpov to Kasparov. jenshahade.substack.com/p/touch-move...

Touch Move Debacles from Kindergarten to Karpov

Notorious examples of finger failure on the chessboard

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"Reading this book will take you on a journey of thinking. Not just thinking in straight lines, but thinking sideways. The idea is that if you want to solve a problem, you should approach it from every possible angle. When the direct approach stalls or fails, there may be a side alley you can try."

On the Edge with Jennifer Shahade: I had a great discussion with David Hill on Thinking Sideways and On the Edge, where we get into a lot of meaty topics, from decision paralysis and chess dropouts to the manosphere and cheating in chess, poker and AI. davidhill.substack.com/cp/199190255

On the Edge with Jennifer Shahade

Probability and its discontents

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Boxing rings, watch parties and seven-year-old readers, my book tour took some interesting turns: jenshahade.substack.com/p/a-book-tou...

A Book Tour, Sideways

Boxing rings, watch parties and seven-year-old readers, my book tour took some interesting turns

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Ben Franklin playing chess with philly grandmaster @jenshahade.bsky.social here in the shop

I signed 300 copies of my book in Baltimore, mostly to young readers. I told them Thinking Sideways would be of more interest to their coaches and parents but many disagreed, insisting they LOVE advanced books. Then a 7-year-old asked me a question about chess and AI from chapter 4. 😮

On Greg's big giant-slaying win--and why we also stan Jamie Ding in this house! jenshahade.substack.com/p/greg-shaha...

Greg Shahade Slays Jeopardy Giant Jamie Ding

My brother Greg's big Jeopardy! win, and two things we can learn from it.

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Feed: "Big Think" By: Jennifer Shahade on Tuesday, April 7, 2026

What chess’s “intermezzo” moves can teach us about making better life decisions

In this excerpt from her new book, Jennifer Shahade argues that the smartest moves in life, as in chess, sometimes move sideways.

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Brought out the Flyers colors for PHL17 this morning, where I talked about the skills chess can teach littles (and all of us!). Slowing down, getting into a flow state, and realizing you’re not the only one who has dreams and plans. And of course, Thinking Sideways! phl17.com/phl17-news/c...

Let's GO @gregshahade.bsky.social, going on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social on Monday April 27th. Details and musings: jenshahade.substack.com/p/my-brother...

My Brother is Going on Jeopardy!

On spaced repetition, the Ding bounce, and Shahade trivia lore

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WGM Jennifer Shahade delivers a case for why chess thinking matters far beyond the board in her new book Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life. www.chess.com/news/view/je...

Shahade’s 'Thinking Sideways' Shows How Chess Thinking Can Improve Life Decisions

WGM Jennifer Shahade delivers a case for why chess thinking matters far beyond the board in her new book Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life.

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White to play and win! @polborta.bsky.social 'incidently' found this amazing combination that might have happened in Divya Deshmukh vs. Tan Zhongyi