 In 2009, he made appearances at the Canada Open, 4th Kolkata Open, Russia v China match, Chinese National Championships, the Maotai Prince Cup China National Chess King & Queen Championships and the European Club Cup for the champions Economist Saratov.In April 2010 he won Asian Chess Championship in Subic Bay.This achievement earned him the qualification to the Chess World Cup 2011, where he was knocked out in the second round by Ruslan Ponomariov.