Ojas Kulkarni of Bangalore scored 2nd IM Norm in Category ‘A’ of Festival Primavera Cattolica Chess tournament held in Italy from 16th- 20th March, he drew the last round against Hjartarson Johann of Iceland to tally the score 5 points out of 9 rounds. Ojas played against 7 Grandmasters and 1 FM in this tournament and collectively scored 4 points.