Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te Mei-Hune 2006, i riro i a Wang te taitara Kaiwhakaako FIDE me te paerewa IM i te 37th Chess Olympiad
i Turin. I wikitoria ia i te 114th New Zealand Championship i Wanganui 2007, i te 17 o ona tau. I te Haratua 2007 kaore ia i hinga i te whakataetae Zonal o Oceania i tu ki Fiji. I tohaina e ia te tuarua, i muri o Zhao Zong-Yuan o Ahitereiria, me te kaute 61⁄2/9 i taea ai e ia te whakawhiwhia ki te taitara Kaiwhakaako Ao (IM).