8/1/2016 – Imagine you are a player rated 2000. How would you feel if one month later, your rating would be 2400+? Ojas Kulkarni from Bangalore, Karnataka, has pulled off something incredible in the bygone 37 days. In four tournaments, all part of the Catalonian circuit in Spain, Ojas has gained 400 points. We have a brief coverage with games and analysis. And we reveal the secret of his remarkable progress!
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Ojas' journey: 400 rating points in 37 days!
By Priyadarshan Banjan - 30 July 2016
Have you ever imagined what it would be like if you increased 400 Elo rating points in one month?
Let us be more precise. Imagine you are a player rated 2000. How would you feel if one month later your rating would be 2400+? Ojas Kulkarni from Bangalore, Karnataka, has pulled off something incredible in the bygone 37 days. He has jumped from 2000 Elo to 2405 Elo, in four tournaments, all part of the Catalonian circuit in Spain.
Ojas is a 17-year-old student from Bangalore in Karnataka. He received his first published rating of 1418 in November 2010, when he was around eleven. He has had an adventurous time in the chess world, especially after the arrival of the k=40 era for under-18 players, where successes alternated with failures. But he kept moving ahead anyway.
Playing him, one gets an impression that he is a very solid player, hardly making concessions in his game. He won't win too many games, but he won't lose too many either. Good knowledge of endgames and sharp calculation skills have made sure that he has held or beaten some very strong titled players.
Towards the end of June, Ojas travelled to Spain to play in the Catalonian circuit, where he was competing in four tournaments. He increased 143 Elo in Montcada, 54 Elo in Barbera del Valles, and 98 in Sant Marti. In the ongoing tournament in Sitges, he is already increasing about 105 Elo.
1418 Elo to 2405 in less than six years. How did he do it?
Ojas credits his success to his coaches and ChessBase DVDs. "I have worked with GM Abhijit Kunte, GM Vishnu Prasanna and V. Raghavendra of the Karnataka School of Chess."
ChessBase Fritztrainers have been an integral part of every player's arsenal for decades now. Ojas is no different. "The DVDs related to openings and middlegame are very valuable. The Power Play DVDs have helped a lot. Especially the ones related to pawn structures (3, 5 and 15) are very useful," Ojas said. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
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"The PowerPlay DVD series by GM Daniel King is one of the most successful chess instruction tools today." – New In Chess (Magazine Shop). The aim of this DVD is to provide you with the practical skills and knowledge that you will need to play a king and pawn endgame. Based on his own playing experience, Grandmaster Daniel King reveals what is essential knowledge, saving you time in your studies. In the first section of the DVD he takes you through typical motifs and themes. In the second section, he tests your knowledge with typical scenarios from actual games.
Priyadarshan BanjanPriyadarshan Banjan is a 23-year-old club player from India. He works as an editor for ChessBase News and ChessBase India. He is a chess fanatic and an avid fan of Vishy Anand. He also maintains a blog on a variety of topics.
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