 In July, he came third on tiebreak with 6½/11 (+3−1=7) at the 2nd Sanjin International Hotel GM Cup in his hometown Taiyuan.Pendyala Harikrishna won with 8½/11 a point clear of Alexander Motylev.In October, he also came third with 6½/9 at the 5th Asian Individual Championship in Hyderabad, India.