In March 2016, he earned his first GM norm at the Charlotte Chess Center GM norm tournament after winning his last three games of the event.
[2] In December 2023, he tied for second place with grandmasters Aram Hakobyan and Yasser Quesada at the SPICE Cup Chess Tournament.
[3] In July 2024, he achieved his final GM norm at the NYC Chess Norms tournament after defeating grandmaster Oliver Barbosa in the final round.
[4] He then surpassed the 2500 rating mark in December 2024, achieving the GM title.
Off the chessboard, he works as a software engineer at Microsoft.