He was awarded the title FIDE Master a year later at the World Youth Chess Championships,[1] where he was the runner-up to Jason Cao in the U10 category.

[7] He became a Grandmaster in September 2015, the fourth youngest player to qualify for the title in the US, after Abhimanyu Mishra, Awonder Liang, and Samuel Sevian.

[8] He later received the organizer's wild card invitation to the 2016 US Chess Championship, where he finished 6th out of 12 players, with 1 win, 1 loss, and 9 draws.

[15] One year later, he won again with an unbeaten 6/9 score (3 wins, 6 draws), half point clear of second-placed Illia Nyzhnyk.

Seeded 31st in the tournament, he made it to the quarterfinals by beating Igor Lysyj, Parham Maghsoodloo, Anish Giri and Jan-Krzysztof Duda.