The Next Move

Jennifer Shahade on strategy, power and seeing the board differently.

Chess master Jennifer Shahade, author of Thinking Sideways and Chess Queens , joins Star Opinion Editor Jordan Himelfarb, author of his own book on chess, for an interactive conversation about strategy, decision-making and how to see the board differently when the obvious move fails. Drawing on chess, poker, gender and power, this event will invite audiences to think in moves, countermoves and possibilities — and to ask what changes when we stop looking for the right answer and start looking for the better move.

About Toronto Star Live at Soulpepper

Bringing journalism to the stage. In partnership with the Toronto Star, this new monthly series transforms the theatre into a public forum for the city, a place where journalists, guest speakers, and audiences come together to examine the ideas shaping Toronto right now.

Once a month, Star journalists will take audiences behind the headlines and into live conversation about the issues, questions, and possibilities defining life in the city. It’s a space for debate, discovery, and the shared work of imagining what Toronto can become.