sentences:  In June 2011 he tied for 1st–2nd with Atanas Kolev in the 3rd International Albena Open chess tournament.In October 2011 he tied for 3rd–15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit.In 2012 he tied for 1st–3rd with Ivan Sokolov and Jonny Hector in the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark, winning the event on tie-break.