Ladies Knight Chess

Ladies Knight Chess


Latest Episodes

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring William Horberg LK025
December 29, 2020

In a bonus episode of Ladies Knight, William Horberg, the Executive Producer of The Queen’s Gambit, talks to Jennifer Shahade about the long road to creating the hit Netflix series. He also talks about his first chess project,

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Maria Konnikova LK024
December 15, 2020

Award-winning author, New Yorker writer and psychology PHD Maria Konnikova joins Jennifer Shahade on Ladies Knight to talk about her first book, Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. Maria is also the author of the recent bestseller,

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade on The Queen’s Gambit: Book vs. Series LK023
November 19, 2020

 In a special edition of Ladies Knight, Jennifer Shahade talks about the Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis. She starts by summarizing her thoughts on the series, and the experience of seeing chess all over the media,

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Robin and Sarah Ramson LK022
October 20, 2020

Jennifer interviews Robin and Sarah Ramson for the October edition of Ladies Knight podcast. Robin Ramson is the founder of Chess Girls DC and the organizer of the upcoming Chess Empowerment Weekend (Nov 6-8),

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Irina Krush LK021
September 16, 2020

The September edition of Ladies Knight features legendary Grandmaster and seven-time US Women’s Champion Irina Krush. Irina and Jennifer talk about Irina’s coaching philosophy and her recent learning experiences at camps with Kramnik and Polgar.

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Lauren Goodkind LK020
August 18, 2020

On the August episode of Ladies Knight, Jennifer interviews author, chess teacher and speaker Lauren Goodkind. Goodkind is a popular Bay Area teacher and the author of “Poison Pieces” and “Queen for a Day: The Girl’s Guide to Chess Mastery.

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Annie Wang LK019
July 21, 2020

Our July Ladies Knight features 18-year-old IM Annie Wang, who captivated the chess world in 2018, when she nearly won the US Women’s Championship at just 15. Since that feat, Annie has continued to raise her playing level. In 2019,

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Linda Diaz LK018
June 16, 2020

Jennifer Shahade welcomes singer, songwriter and former scholastic chess champion, Linda Diaz on Ladies Knight. We play a clip from “Magic” in the middle of the episode, a song you may have heard on twitch.tv/botezlive,

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Carissa Yip LK017
May 19, 2020

 Jennifer Shahade talks to 16-year-old International Master Carissa Yip on the newest episode of Ladies Knight. The popular two-time US Junior Girls Champ is a serial record breaker- the youngest female to defeat a GM at the age of ten,

Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Humpy Koneru LK016
April 21, 2020

Our April edition of Ladies Knight features Grandmaster Humpy Koneru, the 2020 Cairns Cup Champion and our May 2020 Chess Life Magazine cover star. She is the reigning World Women’s Rapid Champion, and the second woman in history to break the 2600 barr...