Jessica Era Martin is the author of four chess books and founder of the Over the Chessboard school in Charlotte, NC. In her playing days, she was ranked as the #1 woman in NC and in the Top 100 women in the US. She has been a chess instructor for over 20 years and started out training with Chess-in-the-Schools in NYC. Jessica is the past Vice President of Scholastic Chess of the North Carolina Chess Association (NCCA). She was a weekly author for http://chesskid.com from 2010-2015.

More importantly, she cares deeply about her students and about making the chess world a better place. She continues to advocate for equity in chess, and with her background in creative writing, does so both with well-chosen words and by being a fantastic example of a leader in her community.

The Truth About How Much Women Talk — and Whether Men Listen

https://time.com/4837536/do-women-rea...

Ms. Martin's books are available through Amazon here:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/...

Ladies Knight interview with WGM Jennifer Shahade:

https://new.uschess.org/news/ladies-k...

Ms. Martin’s articles on http://ChessKid.com (as BoundingOwl):

https://www.chesskid.com/learn/articl...

01:13 Introduction

02:47 Chess is for everyone

07:10 Proud moments

12:44 Experiences of dropping out and returning to chess

16:42 Gender-based challenges and safety concerns

20:51 Stereotype threat and cultural influences

38:00 Language, words, and perception

39:35 Women's titles and events

50:21 Modeling inclusive behavior for children

55:51 Future of chess and gender equity

01:03:38 Books!