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CHESS QUEENS - JENNIFER SHAHADE TASCHENBUCH

'Like The Queen's Gambit  this isn't really about chess  but power ... Shahade is up for the
fight' Sunday Times What does it take to make it to the top of your game? As a chess champion 
Jennifer Shahade has travelled the world playing major tournaments. At the top  she finds
rivalry and friendship  sexism and feminism  ecstatic highs and excruciating losses. Chess
Queens invites us behind the scenes of this ultra male-dominated sport. We meet today's elite 
as well as the pioneering female players in history who fought against the odds to get to the
top. An essential guide for all aspiring chess queens  Jennifer's story reveals what it takes
to break through the glass ceiling. 'Jennifer Shahade is a brilliant  insightful thinker who
never fails to entertain and engage' Maria Konnikova 'An astoundingly intimate  thoughtful and
inspirational book by a person who has seen it all from the inside' Angela Saini

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