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Ladies Knight Chess
Ladies Knight Chess

Ladies Knight Chess

by Jennifer Shahade
57 Episodes
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Two-time US Women’s Chess Champion Jennifer Shahade hosts the official podcast of US Chess Women, where she interviews female chess champions and leaders.

Ladies Knight Chess

by Jennifer Shahade
Aug 25, 2023
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Yosha Iglesias [Rebroadcast] LK056
I thought it was a great moment to re-broadcast one of my favorite episodes of Ladies Knight, with French chessplayer, composer and content creator Yosha Iglesias. We originally recorded this episode back in June 2022 but so much has happened since then.  First of all, just a month after this podcast originally dropped, the French...
00:00:44
Aug 01, 2023
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft.  Recap of the Women’s World Chess Championship with Ben Johnson, host of the Perpetual Podcast LK055
On a special collaborative episode of Ladies Knight, Jennifer and Ben Johnson, host of the Perpetual Podcast, recap the recently concluded Women’s World Chess Championship, which Ju Wenjun won in spectacular style over her compatriot Grandmaster, Lei Tingjie.  They touch on their favorite moves from the final game, the moment Jennifer realized there may not be a...
00:00:35
Jul 31, 2023
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Ben Johnson on Women’s World Champs LK055
On a special collaborative episode of Ladies Knight, Jennifer and Ben Johnson, host of the Perpetual Podcast, recap the recently concluded Women’s World Chess Championship, which Ju Wenjun won in spectacular style over her compatriot Grandmaster, Lei Tingjie.  They touch on their favorite moves from the final game, the moment Jennifer realized there may not be a...
00:00:35
Jun 23, 2023
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Bernice Wambui Gikandi LK054
Jennifer welcomes Bernice Wambui Gikandi to Ladies Knight. Bernice, at just 12 years old, is a rising star on and off the board. She’s the Global Youth ambassador for the Gift of Chess, a member of the Kenya Women’s Olympic team and reigning 2022 Kenya National Youth Champion. She also won the Under 12 Open...
00:00:20
May 24, 2023
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Yanjaa Wintersoul LK053
Jennifer invites a very special guest to Ladies Knight: International Memory Grandmaster, Yanjaa Wintersoul. Yanjaa, the first woman to become a Memory World Champion, talks about how memory tricks apply to games, life and feminism. Yanjaa and Jennifer have a broad-ranging discussion on creative memory, spaced repetition and pattern recognition. They also touch on memory techniques (see Greg Shahade’s...
00:00:35
Apr 24, 2023
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Megan Chen LK052
 Jennifer Shahade welcomes Megan Chen to Ladies Knight. Megan, a recent contributor to Chess Life Magazine, is currently on a great American quest to play US rated chess in every state. She’s already ticked off 44, and plans to be the first female player ever to get to all 50. A passionate adult improver, software...
00:00:45
Mar 29, 2023
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Isabelle Choko LK051
Ladies Knight host Jennifer Shahade had the opportunity this Winter to meet an epic guest: Holocaust Survivor and 1956 French Women’s Chess Champion Isabelle Choko. We celebrate this occasion by rebroadcasting the episode and presenting two chess.com videos that Jennifer filmed in Paris, as well as a carousel of photos from Jennifer’s game against Madame Choko herself. 
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Jan 17, 2023
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Kalanithi “Kala” Kanapathy-Bagley LK050
Our 50th Ladies Knight guest is Kalanithi “Kala” Kanapathy-Bagley, the founder of the Discovery Chess Academy and a member of US Chess Women’s committee, and popular and friendly face at our National Girls Clubs. She organizes the Ohio Chess Girls Championships and is a vocal proponent for bringing the benefits of chess to everyone. One of...
00:00:29
Dec 28, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Devina Devagharan LK049
Jennifer Shahade speaks to WFM Devina aka “Simply Devina” Devagharan about her streaming career, and her strong advocacy for mental health in the chess world and beyond. They discuss the psychological challenges and benefits of the game and Devina’s positive approach to streaming and content.  Devina was a guest at our virtual girls club room,...
00:00:49
Nov 16, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Maya Myers LK048
Jennifer Shahade brings Senior Tournament Director and four-time All Girls Nationals Team champ Maya Myers to Ladies Knight. In 2022, Myers became the first African American woman to earn the International Arbiter title.  Maya and Jennifer discuss her role and reaction to Brooklyn Castle, the acclaimed documentary film about IS 318, which she attended with...
00:00:45
Oct 20, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Laurel Aronian LK047
Jennifer Shahade welcomes high-school sophomore Laurel Aronian to Ladies Knight. Laurel is a president of her high school chess team, St. Luke, and talks to Jennifer about how she maintains her interest in the game while juggling a busy high school academic and extracurricular schedule.  Laurel talks to Jennifer about keeping more girls in the...
00:00:34
Sep 27, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Luciana Morales LK046
Jennifer welcomes Women’s International Master Luciana Morales to Ladies Knight. Luciana is a three-time Continental Champion, the first Peruvian woman to qualify for the Women’s World Champs and an Olympian captain and player. Now hailing from Brownsville, Texas, Luciana works for chessable, where she was recently promoted to Classroom Manager. She  goes by “Mom’s Gambit” on social...
00:00:57
Aug 19, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Tatia Skhirtladze LK045
Jennifer welcomes Tatia Skhirtladze to Ladies Knight. Skhirtladze is the director and producer of “Glory to the Queen”, a documentary film exploring the outstanding success of Georgian women in chess, focused on four legends of the game: Nona Gaprindashvili, Maia Chiburdanidze, Nana Ioselaini and Nana Alexandria. Jennifer and Tatia speak about highlights from her film,...
00:00:38
Jul 22, 2022
Ladies Knight Q&A with Jen Shahade LK044
In a special episode of Ladies Knight, Jennifer Shahade takes on listener questions, ranging from a member of her girls chess club who struggles with closing winning positions, to previous guest Laura Smith on how Jennifer would approach a return to professional chess. She also answers a question from podcaster Daniel Lona who asks about...
00:00:28
Jun 22, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Yosha Iglesias LK043
Jennifer is joined by Yosha Iglesias, a multi-talented chess professional:  a FIDE Master, composer, coach and  YouTuber. She also works for chess24, and is  among the top ten female players in France, (ranked #9 in June 2022). Jennifer and Yosha speak about how the Eureka moment of solving a chess problem can be similar to...
00:00:44
May 18, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Jessica Era Martin LK042
Jennifer interviews author, chess coach as well as a longtime friend of Jen’s, Jessica Era Martin, to Ladies Knight. Jessica is the founder of Over the ChessBoard, a coaching organization dedicated to bringing chess everyone. A published poet and frequent contributor to chesskid, she’s also the author of several books, including two 2022 titles, Chess...
00:00:48
Apr 19, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade on the Road, ft. CHESS QUEENS LK041
In this special episode of Ladies Knight, host Jennifer Shahade invites you to join her on the road, starting with her Chess Queens book launch in London, where she visited a girls school called Sarah Bonnell, a women’s group called the “Trouble Club”, and our friends at the London Chess & Bridge Shop. She moves...
00:00:39
Mar 23, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Anastasiya Rakhmangulova LK040
Jennifer welcomes Women’s International Master and former Ukrainian Champion Anastasiya Rakhmangulova to Ladies Knight. Jennifer first heard about Anastasia, who goes by “Nastia”, in the 2020 Isolated Queens tournament, an online event that Jen hosted with Alexandra Botez at the start of the pandemic. Almost two years later, Nastia began to update her Instagram followers...
00:00:39
Feb 16, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Martha Fierro LK039
Jennifer Shahade welcomes a chess champion, friend and leader to Ladies Knight: Martha Fierro of Ecuador. Martha is a woman with many titles: she’s a FIDE Vice President, an International Master, a Women’s Grandmaster, International Organizer and a two-time Olympic medalist. She’s also one of Jennifer’s earliest inspirations: Jennifer first met Martha at a small...
00:00:42
Jan 19, 2022
Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade ft. Ella Papanek LK038
US Chess expert and quant sports trader Ella Papanek joins Jennifer Shahade on Ladies Knight for a fascinating discussion. A recent graduate of Harvard University, Ella works at the Susquehana International Group (SIG), a global quantitative trading firm in the Philly area. Her interests span from chess to poker to sports, and of course- statistics, her major...
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