Featured Chess Training & Tournament Success
A look at the energy, focus, and competitive spirit inside our academy, where every move is a step toward mastering the game.
A glimpse into the intense focus and strategic thinking our students develop. This video captures young players deeply engaged in tournament play, showcasing the concentration we nurture from a young age.
We prepare our students for the biggest stages. Here, one of our players competes at the prestigious 2nd Bengaluru Grandmasters Open Chess Tournament, demonstrating the high level of competition our training makes possible.
This is our community in action. This collage shows our FIDE-rated coach celebrating a student's victory, alongside images of focused group sessions, highlighting our blend of expert guidance and peer learning.
We celebrate every milestone on the path to mastery. We are proud to congratulate our student Bhuvan for crossing a standard FIDE rating of 2000 after his stellar performance at the Bengaluru Grandmaster Tournament.
Our training sessions are designed to build focus in a supportive environment. Watch our students as they practice and compete at The Sunshine Library, a perfect setting for sharpening strategic skills.
Meet one of the minds behind our students' success. We are proud to have FIDE-rated instructors like Ojas Kulkarni on our team, bringing years of competitive experience and a passion for coaching to every class.
It’s never too early to become a champion. We celebrate our student Shivaay Sharma for his fantastic performance and victory at the Karnataka State School Team Chess Championship.
Our coaching philosophy is about personalized attention and celebrating group success. This collection of moments shows our coach with tournament winners and students engaged in competitive play at our Sunshine Library center.
About Featured
Beyond the board, we focus on real-time decision-making and pressure management. We use professional DGT clocks in our regular sparring sessions, ensuring that students aren't just learning opening theory, but are also mentally prepared for the pace and intensity of official FIDE-rated tournaments.
Building Competitive Strength
At Catch64, we believe that serious progress comes from balancing rigorous study with consistent practice. Our curriculum moves beyond basic tactics, focusing on deeper strategic mastery—specifically analyzing middlegame structures and complex endgame scenarios that often decide tournament results.
The Learning Environment
Whether you are training at our Sunshine Library center in Hoskote, attending sessions at Prestige Tranquility, or joining our online arena, the environment remains the same: supportive, focused, and results-oriented.
- FIDE-Rated Pedagogy: Your training is guided by instructors like Arvind Iyer and Ojas Kulkarni, who bring their own experience as competitive players to every lesson.
- Personalized Growth: We review your specific tournament games to pinpoint recurring tactical errors—like time trouble or calculation blind spots—and build drills to fix them.
- Community Support: Success is a team effort. We celebrate every milestone, from a student's first trophy at a school championship to crossing the 2000 FIDE rating threshold.
Preparing for the Next Level
We don't just teach the game; we guide your competitive journey. This includes handling FIDE registration for students, selecting the right tournaments for your rating level, and building a personalized opening repertoire that fits your playing style. If you are ready to stop playing casually and start competing, our tournament prep batches provide the structure to get you there.
Catch64 Chess Academy
We are Arvind and Ojas, FIDE-rated players who believe chess is about more than winning—it's about learning how to think. We built Catch64 to give students in Bangalore the same intense, strategic training we relied on to grow our own ratings.
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