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Ojas Kulkarni
FM🇮🇳FIDE 25040073· Male· India· Born in 1999
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Ojas Kulkarni, a 27-year-old Indian FIDE Master, is rated 2248 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +23 Elo over the past 12 months. 80 rated games in the past year (≈81/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca 2026, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A. Also played 8 rapid events (including Festival Caissa - Sceptre Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) recently. His peak of 2405 was reached at age 17 (Sep 2016, Indian #67 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2023 (age 24). Earned IM norms at CC de Paris Ile-de-France 2018 - Open Fide and OP Primavera al Kursaal 2022. At junior level, he reached World #85 in U18 and #23, #33 and #51 nationally in U20, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2248
Standard
Rpd2063·Blz2110
All-time high
2405
−157 pts below
Sep 2016 · age 17
Sep 2016 · age 17
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
80 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#257 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
21 entries2023
FM title awardedFM
at age 24
Aug 2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 24
Jan 2023
2022
1,000 career games
at age 23
Aug 2022
2020
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2213 → returned at 2216
Feb 2020
2018
23rd Indian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2282
Dec 2018
2016
85th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2405
Oct 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+23
2225 → 2248
Tournaments
8
71 games
Score
36.5/ 7151.4%
21W31D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #187 | 2182 | -6.9 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #202 | 2276 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/9 | #41 | 2280 | +3.0 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #2 | 2317 | +11.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #7 | 2270 | +5.2 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2265 | +4.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #156 | 2204 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/8 | #59 | 2239 | +1.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArvind Ramnath Iyer
🇮🇳IND·1944
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsS. NitinIM
🇮🇳IND·2332
+0 −2 =5
7 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsAdam SzeberenyiIM
🇭🇺HUN·2256
+1 −0 =5
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsR.R. LaxmanGM
🇮🇳IND·2245
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsKannan Sa
🇮🇳IND·1925
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Mar 2024
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Rankings
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India
#257
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,035
in continent
World
#5,925
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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