Sagar Shah

{{Short description|Indian chess player and YouTuber (born 1990)}}

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| name = Sagar Shah

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| caption = Shah in 2023

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mumbai, India

| website = https://www.chessbase.in

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|country = India

|title = International Master (2014)

|peakrating = 2468 (September 2014)

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| spouse = {{marriage|Amruta Mokal|2014}}

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| channel_display_name = ChessBase India

| channel_handle = @ChessBaseIndiachannel

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| years_active = 2012–present

| genre = Chess, Streaming

| subscribers = 2.15 million

| views = 1.5 billion

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| silver_year = 2020

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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.{{Cite web |date=2014-02-21 |title=An Indian Chess Wedding (2) |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/an-indian-chess-wedding-2 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Chess News |language=en}} 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 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.{{cite web |last1=Rathi |first1=Devanshi |title="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 |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/chess/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 |website=Sports Keeda |date=5 January 2019 |access-date=18 October 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Schormann |first1=Conrad |title=Der indische Schach-Motor: Wie Sagar Shah seinen Traum wahr machte | trans-title = The Indian Chess Engine: How Sagar Shah Made His Dream Come True |url=https://perlenvombodensee.de/2020/08/16/der-indische-schach-motor-wie-sagar-shah-seinen-traum-wahr-machte/ |website=Perlen vom Bodensee |date=16 August 2020 | language = de |access-date=18 October 2021}}{{cite AV media| title = Gotham City Podcast #8: Sagar Shah | date = 1 October 2021 | publisher = Gotham City | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1It2hErDGA | access-date = 1 October 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Bhat |first1=Avathanshu |title=The Badshah turns 30! |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/The-Badshah-turns-30- |website=ChessBase India |access-date=18 October 2021 | date = 28 January 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Doggers (PeterDoggers) |first=Peter |date=2021-09-29 |title=Chess Super League To Start October 11 On Chess.com |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-chess-super-league |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}