Thinking Sideways

Thinking Sideways

by Jennifer Shahade
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 12/02/2026

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'A must-read book that will teach you how to think and help you succeed at life' - G.T. Karber, author of The Murdle series


Chess is the art of the possible - after all, there are more potential chess games than atoms in the universe.

Great players are experts at exploring options, allowing them to seize an opportunity, idea or move that no one else saw. Two-time US chess champion Jennifer Shahade calls this 'thinking sideways'. And in today's hyper-competitive world, thinking sideways can help you win at life.

In Thinking Sideways, Shahade shows you don't have to be a chess player to think more like a chess player. From building mind palaces to crafting decision trees, she reveals the most useful strategies from the ancient game that we can use in our daily lives. Drawing on examples from business, sports and psychology, as well as her own experiences touring the world as a chess and poker champion, Thinking Sideways offers a practical toolkit for smarter thinking and transforms our understanding of what success looks like, and how to achieve it for ourselves.

This book is not about playing chess - it's about how thinking sideways can propel you to success and happiness.

ISBN:
9781399701358
9781399701358
Category:
Prose: non-fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
12-02-2026
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Jennifer Shahade

Jennifer Shahade is an Olympic chess champion, Woman Grandmaster, poker pro, speaker and author. She is a two-time United States women's chess champion and was the first female to win the US Junior Open. She hosts two award-winning podcasts, The Poker GRID and Ladies Knight. Jennifer works to bring more women, girls and gender minorities into the game through programmes like US Chess Women, the Madwoman's Book Club, and a cross-cultural chess club with girls from all the world, from Kenya to Colombia. She is an ambassador for PokerStars and Poker Power, and a board member of the World Chess Hall of Fame. Her previous books include Chess Bitch (now updated and reissued as Chess Queens) and Play Like a Girl!

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