Ella Papanek's guest appearances

Ella Papanek

Ladies Knight Chess

The Poker Grid

James Altucher

Laura Smith

Maria Konnikova

Charlotte Clymer

Francesca Butler

Megan Lee

Jen Shahade

Jennifer Yu

Alisa Melekhina

Natasha Regan

Sabina Foisor

Carolina BLANCO

Annie Wang

Daniel Rensch

Shannon Bailey

OwlTail

US Chess expert and quant sports trader Ella Papanek joins Jennifer Shahade on Ladies Knight for a fascinating discussion. A recent graduate of Harvard University, Ella works at the Susquehana International Group (SIG), a global quantitative trading firm in the Philly area. Her interests span from chess to poker to sports, and of course- statistics, her major at Harvard.  Jen and Ella’s wide-ranging discussion touches on rating distribution and gender, evaluating chess positions from a human perspective, and the Philadelphia Sixers.   SIG is a sponsor of US Chess, and recently supported the 2022 Pan-American Championship. If you want to find out more about their work, check out their website at sig.com and find out more about internship opportunities in their campus life brochure. Discussed in the episode: Angela Saini’s book, Inferior Jennifer Shahade’s upcoming book, Chess Queens, now available at US Chess Sales Daryl Morey and Jessica Gelman’s MIT Sports Analytics Conference MIT Sports Analytics panel “Beyond the Gambit: Chess’ Big Move” NFL Big Data Bowl: https://operations.nfl.com/gameday/analytics/big-data-bowl/ Jen’s podcast episode with chess enthusiast Bill Chen, who also works at SIG North American Corporate Chess League Ladies Knight features music by the artist Juga. Love the podcast? Subscribe to us, review and share Ladies Knight on social media or with friends.

US Chess expert and quant sports trader Ella Papanek joins Jennifer Shahade on Ladies Knight for a fascinating discussion. A recent graduate of Harvard University, Ella works at the <a href="https://sig.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Susquehana International Group (SIG),</a> a global quantitative trading firm in the Philly area. Her interests span from chess to poker to sports, and of course- statistics, her major at Harvard.  Jen and Ella’s wide-ranging discussion touches on rating distribution and gender, evaluating chess positions from a human perspective, and the Philadelphia Sixers.   SIG is a sponsor of US Chess, and recently <a href="https://www.capitalareachess.com/PanAm2022" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">supported the 2022 Pan-American Championship</a>. If you want to find out more about their work, check out their website <a href="https://sig.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">at sig.com</a> and find out more about internship opportunities in <a href="https://dayinthelife.sig.com/career-brochure" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">their campus life brochure</a>. Discussed in the episode: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/553867/inferior-by-angela-saini/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Angela Saini’s book, Inferior</a> <a href="https://jennifershahade.com/books/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jennifer Shahade’s upcoming book, Chess Queens</a>, now <a href="https://www.uscfsales.com/chess-queens.html" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">available at US Chess Sales</a> <a href="https://www.sloansportsconference.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Daryl Morey and Jessica Gelman’s MIT Sports Analytics Conference</a> MIT <a href="https://www.sloansportsconference.com/event/beyond-the-gambit-chess-big-move" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sports Analytics panel “Beyond the Gambit: Chess’ Big Move”</a> NFL Big Data Bowl: <a href="https://operations.nfl.com/gameday/analytics/big-data-bowl/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://operations.nfl.com/gameday/analytics/big-data-bowl/</a> Jen’s <a href="https://thepokergrid.com/2020/04/04/the-grid-033-ft-bill-chen-queen-jack-offsuit/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">podcast episode with chess enthusiast Bill Chen</a>, who also works at SIG North American <a href="https://nacorporatechess.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Corporate Chess League</a> Ladies Knight features music <a href="https://www.jugamusica.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">by the artist Juga</a>. Love the podcast? <a href="https://ladiesknight.org/subscribe-to-podcast/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to us</a>, review and share <a href="https://new.uschess.org/category/ladies-knight" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ladies Knight</a> on social media or with friends.

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