Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Shoker i te 1987, i whiwhi ia i tana taitara rangatira o te ao (IM) i te 2006 ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te taitara rangatira (GM) na FIDE i te 2014. I purei ia i te Ipu o te Ao Chess 2013, i te wa i hinga ai ia i te rauna tuatahi e Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. I tohu ia i tōna whenua i te
2014 Chess Olympiad, ka eke ki te 41⁄2/9 (+ 4 <unk> 4 = 1).