Rittenhouse Square resident and local chess master Greg Shahade is also now a Jeopardy! champion after ending the 31-game win streak of Jamie Ding, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine.
Shahade just recently got into trivia a few years ago. He took the online Jeopardy! test a few times before first being invited to do a second test back in August 2024.
“And then in January, they invited me to be on the show,” he said.
Shahade comes from a chess family, as his sister is a multi-time U.S. Women’s Championship of Chess winner, while his father is a four-time Pennsylvania state chess champion. He himself is an International Master at chess, one level below a Grandmaster.
However, Jeopardy! is a whole different ball game with a lot that goes into it.
He says that in order to be successful, you have to play a lot of practice games online, study old Jeopardy! matches, and have good betting strategies. It also helped that Shahade managed to find all three Daily Doubles during his debut Jeopardy! appearance.
While he noted that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to success on the show, due to the everchanging categories and opponents, Shahade added that “overall, you should be pretty aggressive.”
Let’s see how long Shahade can keep winning.
Read more about Philly’s Greg Shahade amid his Jeopardy! journey in Philadelphia Magazine.
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