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b'This week\\u2019s return guest is 2 time US Women\\u2019s Champion and award-winning author, podcaster and commentator Jennifer Shahade. Jennifer has recently released the excellent and inspiring new tactics book, Play Like a Champion. Play Like a Champion is a collection of biographical sketches of top woman players, featuring memorable tactics for a wide range of experience- levels. In our conversation, we discuss Jen\\u2019s writing and puzzle selection process, new chess vocabulary, Jen\\u2019s advice for starting chess clubs, and her decision to leave US Chess. We also discuss Jen\\u2019s next projects and her plans for 2024. As always, timestamps of topics discussed are below.\\xa0\\n0:00- Thanks to our presenting chess education sponsors, Chessable.com! \\nBe sure to check out their new courses, and if you use this link to sign up for Chessable Pro, and and/or make a Chessable purchase, and it will help support Perpetual Chess.\\xa0\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro\\n\\n03:00- We discuss Jen\\u2019s recent event at the Marshall Chess Club.\\xa0\\n\\n04:30- Patreon mailbag question- \\u201cWhat is Jen\\u2019s advice for starting a Women\\u2019s meetup/chess club?\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\n07:30- Why does Jen think there might be a \\u201cconfidence gap\\u201d between how women and men assess their own chess skills?\\nMentioned: Elizabeth Spiegel, Shawn Martinez\\n\\n14:30- What led to the shift in Jen\\u2019s confidence level as a chess player when she was\\xa0a teenager?\\xa0\\n\\n15;00- How did Jen decide on the wide range of difficulty within her puzzles?\\nMentioned: The Botez Sisters, Silman\\u2019s Complete Endgame Course, IM Sara Khadem\\n\\n25:00- New chess strategy terminology:\\xa0What is a \\u201czap\\u201d? What does it mean to \\u201cthink sideways?\\u201d\\n\\n29:00- How is Jen\\u2019s next book progressing?\\xa0\\n\\n31:30- Jen discusses her collaboration with IM Jeremy Silman, who was her publisher for the book Chess Bitch.\\xa0\\nMentioned: GM Ben Finegold, Anna Hahn, Irina Krush, Pal Benko: My Life, Games, and Compositions\\xa0\\n\\n38:00- Will Jen be blogging more frequently?\\nMentioned: Jen\\u2019s substack\\n\\n40:00- Jen discusses her decision to leave US Chess in the wake of the Alejandro Ramirez allegations.\\nMentioned: How Sexual Assault Allegations Against a US Chess Grandmaster went Unaddressed for Years,French female players Open Letter, \\xa0Article regarding Steve Shutt, coach at Masterman High School (which Jennifer and I attended), Carol Meyer stepping down as US Chess Executive Director\\xa0\\n\\n48:00- Jen on her 2024 events and plans:\\nChesskid National Festival, Russell Makofsky\\u2019s Impact Coaching Network, FM Mike Klein, FM James Canty, GM Daniel Naroditsky, IM Daniel Rensch, ASAP Philly\\xa0\\n\\n53:00- How to enter to win a copy of Play Like a Champion signed by Jennifer Shahade\\xa0\\n\\n1) Either leave a podcast review on Spotify/Apple Podcasts, Sub to the Perpetual Chess YouTube Channel, OR subscribe (for free)\\xa0to the Perpetual Chess Linkfest Substack. You can also subscribe to to Jen Shahade\\u2019s YouTube Channel or Jen\\u2019s Substack\\n\\n\\n2) After completing step 1, email a screenshot to\\xa0ben@perpetualchesspod.com subject line- Contest!\\xa0\\n\\nSIGNED BOOK IS US ONLY, outside the US, you can still enter to win a free Forward Chess Digital Copy of Jen\\u2019s book. (there are two prizes in total) Please specify in the email whether you are in the US or outside of the US.\\nEntries will be closed on January 16 and winners will be announced via email shortly thereafter\\xa0\\n\\n55:00- Thanks, as always to Jen for joining me. Be sure to check out her book and to subscribe to her blog.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'