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IM Sagar Shah

Sagar Shah
Photo: Niranjan Navalgund/Chess.com.
Full name
Sagar Shah
Born
Jan 28, 1990 (age 36)‎
Place of birth
Mumbai, India
Federation
India
Retired
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The name Shah is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Sagar.

IM Sagar Shah as an Indian international master and founder of ChessBase India.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (7 games)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (7 games)
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (5 games)
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (5 games)
English Opening: King's English Variation (5 games)
Black Pieces
Pirc Defense (9 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (7 games)
Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (6 games)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (6 games)
Pirc Defense: Main Line, Sveshnikov System (5 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Sagar Shah (2281)
Matthew Obrien (2094)
1-0 47 2026
Sagar Shah (2281)
Andrew Jiang (2298)
1-0 38 2026
Sagar Shah (2281)
John Langreck (2001)
1-0 42 2026
Sagar Shah (2307)
Roman Gavrilin (2165)
1-0 45 2026
Sagar Shah (2281)
Graham Horobetz (2221)
½-½ 48 2026
Jorge Cori (2607)
Sagar Shah (2307)
1-0 33 2026
Robert Hess (2621)
Sagar Shah (2281)
1-0 20 2026
Aydin Elshan Suleymanli (2561)
Sagar Shah (2281)
1-0 39 2026
Aaron Marian (1944)
Sagar Shah (2307)
1-0 30 2026
Graham Horobetz (2205)
Sagar Shah (2307)
1-0 48 2026
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