How to beat Arjun (2300) on chess.com

Arjun on chess.com

Arjun is very tricky, because although he plays very dubious and unconventional opening moves, he's tactically very strong.  In the game I managed to win, Arjun started by playing 1. ..a5 in response to my 1.e4 move, so I knew this didn't look right!  I think that to beat Arjun, you have to play very solidly and pick off a couple of his pawns ...

Once you have won the middlegame, the secret is not to become too passive when finishing him off, otherwise Arjun will find a way of 'swindling' you ... The endgame can be tricky, so keep your wits about you at all times ... In the game I played, I managed to cut Arjun's King off from his two passed pawns, to make it impossible for him march them forwards and create new Queens ... hence the win was simple after that.

Here is the game I played as White vs Arjun (2300)

I still maintain that my chess is improving from playing BOTs and plan to 'level up' to a 2450 BOT in the near future, which is presumably near GM strength?