Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nrịgo dị ịrịba ama na ọkwa Elo ya sochiri ihe ndị ọ rụzuru na 2008, na-amalite site na mmeri na Andorra Open, ebe o nwetara 8/9 isi, n'ihu ndị nna ukwu nwere ahụmahụ bụ Julio Granda Zuñiga na Mihail Marin. O sochiri nke a site na ikere òkè nke atọ na World Junior Chess Championship na Gaziantep, ebe ọ na-ama aka mgbe niile maka idu ndú. N'asọmpi EU Individual Open Chess Championship nke siri ike na Liverpool, ọ gwụchara na òkè nke ise n'agbanyeghị na ọ na-efunahụ oge wee gaa n'ihu merie ihe omume Winterthur Masters kwa afọ, n'ihu ndị isi ndị ọzọ, n'etiti ha bụbu onye mmeri Paraguay bụ Axel Bachmann na ndị mmeri Switzerland bụbu Joseph Gallagher na Florian Jenni. Na Chess Olympiad nke
2008, nke emere na Dresden, ọ sonyeere ndị otu England na bọọdụ 3 wee nye onyinye 71⁄2/11 maka ọkwa arụmọrụ asọmpi (TPR) nke 2675.