Sagar Shah (born 28 January 1990) is an Indian

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player, journalist, commentator, and

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who holds the title of

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(IM). He is the co-founder of ChessBase India, along with his wife, Amruta Mokal. Outside of chess, he is a Chartered Accountant. Shah has a peak

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of 2468 with two Grandmaster (GM) norms. He was awarded the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 2014. In 2020 Shah and famous standup comedian and chess streamer Samay Raina started streaming chess on

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. Shah started teaching chess to a group of comedians on stream. The duo have greatly contributed to the chess boom in India.

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