Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te tau 2009 i tohu ia, na roto i te Rōpū Nui, ki te Whakataetae Whakataetae o te Russian Chess Championship, i reira ia te kaitono taitamariki. E 3 ngā piro i roto i ngā kēmu e iwa. I takaro a Sjugirov mo te kapa "Russia 4" i runga i te papa tuatahi i te 2010 Chess Olympiad
i Khanty-Mansiysk, i reira i hinga ai ia i a Magnus Carlsen me etahi atu. Ko Sjugirov te tuatahi ki a Dmitry Andreikin i te World Junior Chess Championship o te tau 2010, ka noho tuarua ki te tiebreak.