667 - The Queen's Gambit with Jen Shahade

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James Altucher

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4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The Queen's Gambit is one of the best shows that's going on right now! It's just what we needed in 2020! In this episode, I talked to Jen Shahade, an American chess player, poker player, commentator, and writer, she is also a two-time United States Women's Champion and has the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster, about all thing chess! We talked about her origin stories, our favorite opening, how's chess industry looking, and all! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.3	Maybe you've seen the hit TV show The Queen's Gambit on Netflix or maybe you haven't.
0:21.5	Either way, such a pleasure to have on Gen Chajade, chess master, she was twice the U.S.
0:28.4	Women's Champion.
0:29.4	She was a chess master at the age of 15.
0:31.3	She was a prodigy.
0:32.3	She wrote books on chess.
0:33.9	She's also a professional poker player and a commentator for both chess and poker.
0:38.4	Pleasure to have her on the podcast to talk about The Queen's Gambit, chess, writing, poker
0:43.7	and all sorts of fun things.
0:53.5	So Gen, I wanted to introduce you to the audience.
0:56.2	You're a chess master.
0:57.8	I just realized you were a chess master at the age of 15.
1:01.5	I know.
1:02.5	It's kind of surprising because I was overrated when I became a chess master.
1:06.0	I'm sure you weren't overrated, but go ahead.
1:09.2	Well, I wanted when I was 15, I played in something called the insanity tournament, which
1:14.4	was a tournament where you had to play chess all night.
1:17.1	I was like 15 and I was playing against all these mostly older people who this was more
1:24.0	of a difficult for them.
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