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Sagar Shah (born 28 January 1990) [2] 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. [3] Professionally a chartered accountant, Shah has a peak FIDE rating of 2468 with two Grandmaster (GM) norms.
As of 2023, 24 different players have been conferred with the highest civilian and sports honours of India, including the Padma awards and the Arjuna Award. Viswanathan Anand was the first sportsperson to receive the second-highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan , in 2008 and the inaugural highest sports award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now ...
Kush Bhagat was born on 11 June 2009, in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Karan Bhagat, an Indian Entrepreneur and Shilpa Bhagat, who is a former Mrs. India World 2013. [7] Kush has a twin sister Kyra Bhagat. Kush Bhagat is in 9th grade, currently studying at the American School of Bombay .
Fenil Shah (born 20 April 1995) is an Indian chess player, who holds the FIDE title of International Master (IM). [1] [2] He was the youngest rated chess player in 2002 and also the youngest chess player to represent Indian Team. [3] [4] [5]
In 2014, Raja finished 2nd in the National Chess Championship U13 taking place in Jamshedpur, and won the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, taking place in Tamil Nadu. [2] In 2015, he participated in the World Youth Chess Championship finishing 15th. [3] Raja became an International Master in 2017.
Mendonca became an International Master (IM) in 2019 at the age of 12 years, 11 months and 3 days. [1] He got stuck in Eastern Europe due to COVID lockdowns in March 2020. He attained his first Grandmaster norm at the Rigochess Grandmaster tournament in Hungary in October 2020.
Divya Deshmukh (born 9 December 2005) is an Indian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. [2] She is a three-time gold medalist at the Olympiad. Deshmukh has also won multiple golds at the Asian Championship, the World Junior Championship as well as the World Youth Championship. [3]
Prithu Gupta is an Indian chess grandmaster from Gurgaon, Haryana.He reached this milestone in July 2019, at the age of 15 years and 4 months, 31 years after Viswanathan Anand became India's first GM.