| Sagar Shah | ||||||||||
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 Shah in 2023 | ||||||||||
| Born | (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34) Mumbai, India | |||||||||
| Spouse |
Amruta Mokal (m. 2014) | |||||||||
| Chess career | ||||||||||
| Country | India | |||||||||
| Title | International Master (2014) | |||||||||
| FIDE rating | 2407 (January 2025) | |||||||||
| Peak rating | 2468 (September 2014) | |||||||||
| YouTube information | ||||||||||
| Channel | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Chess, Streaming | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 2.15 million | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.5 billion | |||||||||
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Last updated: 31 August 2024 | ||||||||||
| Website | https://www.chessbase.in | |||||||||
Sagar Shah (born 28 January 1990) is an Indian chess player, journalist, commentator, and YouTuber who holds the title of International Master (IM).
He co-founded ChessBase India in late 2015 with his wife Amruta Mokal. Professionally a chartered accountant, Shah has a peak FIDE rating of 2468 with two Grandmaster (GM) norms. He was awarded the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 2014. In 2020, Shah and comedian and chess streamer Samay Raina (Blunder Master) started streaming chess on YouTube. He started teaching chess to a group of comedians on stream. The duo have greatly contributed to the chess boom in India. They also organized team tournaments like the Chess Super League, in which top chess players such as Gukesh D., Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri, Humpy Koneru and many others participated.
References
- ^ "About ChessBase India". YouTube.
- ^ Bhat, Avathanshu (28 January 2020). "The Badshah turns 30!". ChessBase India. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- "An Indian Chess Wedding (2)". Chess News. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- Rathi, Devanshi. ""I want to make sure that India is able to make its mark in a big way" says Indian Blind Chess team coach Sagar Shah". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- Schormann, Conrad. "Der indische Schach-Motor: Wie Sagar Shah seinen Traum wahr machte" [The Indian Chess Engine: How Sagar Shah Made His Dream Come True]. Perlen vom Bodensee (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- Gotham City Podcast #8: Sagar Shah. Gotham City. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (29 September 2021). "Chess Super League To Start October 11 On Chess.com". Chess.com. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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