Sagar Shah

Sagar Shah (born 28 January 1990)^[2] is an Indian chess player, journalist, commentator, and YouTuber who holds the title of International Master (IM).

Sagar Shah
Shah in 2023
Born	(1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 35) Mumbai, India
Spouse	Amruta Mokal ​ (m. 2014)​
Chess career
Country	India
Title	International Master (2014)
FIDE rating	2407 (July 2025)
Peak rating	2468 (September 2014)
YouTube information
Channel	ChessBase India
Years active	2012–present
Genre(s)	Chess, Streaming
Subscribers	2.15 million[1]
Views	1.5 billion[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2020 1,000,000 subscribers 2022
Last updated: 31 August 2024
Website	https://www.chessbase.in

He co-founded ChessBase India in late 2015 with his wife Amruta Mokal.^[3] 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.^{[4][5][6][2][7]}