[1] Holt earned his USCF expert rating of 2000+ in October 2007 at Derby, Kansas.

[3] Holt became a Senior Master in 2011, and achieved his third grandmaster norm by drawing Alexander Lenderman in the 2012 Dallas GM invitational.

With 5.0/10 in the event overall and crossing the 2500 FIDE rating mark,[4] Holt gained his GM-elect title, which was confirmed later on in the year.

[5] In August 2014, Holt won the 2014 US Open Championship, finishing tied for first place and winning in a tie-break playoff game.

[6] Conrad Holt is a consistently strong internet blitz player, playing on such chess servers as ICC and Chess.com.