{{Short description|American chess player (born 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Greg Shahade | image = Greg Shahade.jpg | caption = Shahade in 2022 | birth_name = Gregory Shahade | country = United States | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|12|22}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | death_date = | death_place = | title = International Master (2001) | rating = | peakrating = 2476 (December 2012) | FideID = 2009064 }}

'''Gregory Shahade''' (born December 22, 1978) is an International Master of chess. He founded the New York Masters and the U.S. Chess League and is a former member of the executive board of the United States Chess Federation, to which his younger sister, Jennifer Shahade, was hired as the executive editor-in-chief of the website. In 2026, he was a three-day champion on the TV trivia game show ''Jeopardy!''

==Early life and career== Shahade's father is FIDE Master Michael Shahade and his mother was Drexel University chemistry professor and author Sally Solomon. His sister is Woman Grandmaster Jennifer Shahade.

Shahade had a distinguished scholastic career, highlighted by three national chess championships: tying for first in the 1993 National Junior High School Championship and the 1996 National High School Championship, and winning the 1996 United States Junior Open outright.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nystar.com/chesscenter/hsstory.htm |title=A History of the National High School Chess Championship |website=nystar.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226125852/http://www.nystar.com/chesscenter/hsstory.htm |archive-date=2012-02-26}}</ref> He was the leading scorer for Julia R. Masterman School in 1996, when they won their first of four National High School Chess Championships. He won the prestigious Samford Fellowship, awarded by the U.S. Chess Trust to the top U.S. prospect under the age of 25, in 1999. The fellowship granted Shahade approximately $25,000 to train for and play in top tournaments.<ref name="chessexpress.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.chessexpress.com/shahade.html |title=Greg Shahade's Chess Profile |website=chessexpress.com |access-date=2013-12-09 |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602101307/http://www.chessexpress.com/shahade.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also renewed for it in 2000 and subsequently scored his first Grandmaster norm at the Bermuda Closed in January 2001.<ref name="chessexpress.com" />

==Later ventures== Since 2006, he has held 30 sessions of the U.S. Chess School,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uschessschool.com |title=U.S. Chess School |website=uschessschool.com}}</ref> where the nation's top young chess talents are invited to train under the instruction of various Grandmasters. He was the founder and Commissioner of the U.S. Chess League, which folded in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uschessleague.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205022429/http://www.uschessleague.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 5, 2005 |title=US Chess League |website=uschessleague.com |access-date=2013-12-09}}</ref>

Starting in October 2007, Shahade has been making chess videos at ChessVideos.tv. He is the host of U.S. Chess lessons in which he invites coaches to teach for future chess prodigies. Currently, Shahade is the commissioner of Professional Rapid Online Chess League.

In April 2026, Shahade competed on the trivia show ''Jeopardy!''. In his first game, aired April 27, he defeated Jamie Ding, the fifth-longest reigning champion in ''Jeopardy!'' history, who had won 31 games in a row.<ref name="Bergen Jamie">{{cite news |last1=Connolly |first1=John |title=Jamie Ding finally loses; where he ranks on all-time 'Jeopardy!' lists |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/27/jamie-ding-jeopardy-loses-nj-winning-streak/89822060007/ |access-date=April 28, 2026 |work=Bergen Record |date=April 27, 2026}}</ref> Shahade won two more games before losing his fourth game (airdate April 30) to novelist Kate Brody.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1261444/jeopardy-greg-shahade-game-four-loss/ |title='Jeopardy!': Novelist Who Previously 'Appeared' on Show Tackles Champ Greg Shahade |last=Sims |first=Brittany |website=TV Insider |date=April 30, 2026 |access-date=April 30, 2026}}</ref>

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== External links == {{Portal|Biography|Chess}} * {{Official website|http://www.gregshahade.com/}} * {{FIDE}} * {{Chessgames.com player|16870}} * {{Chess.com player|greg-shahade|member=GregShahade}} * {{Twitch|gregshahade}} * [http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-video-search.php?q=username:curtains&s=topic_id Full list of Greg's videos on ChessVideos.tv] * [http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,181/ Greg's current USCF rating]

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