Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Haɓaka mai mahimmanci a cikin darajar Elo ya biyo bayan nasarorin da ya samu na 2008, wanda ya fara da nasara a Andorra Open, inda ya ci maki 8/9, a gaban gogaggun manyan masanan Julio Granda Zuñiga da Mihail Marin. Ya bi wannan tare da rabon na uku a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Junior a Gaziantep, inda koyaushe yake kalubalantar jagorancin. A gasar zakarun Turai ta Open Chess a Liverpool ya gama da rabo na biyar duk da rashin nasara a lokaci sannan ya ci gaba da lashe gasar Winterthur Masters ta shekara-shekara, a gaban sauran manyan mashahuran, daga cikinsu tsohon zakaran Paraguay Axel Bachmann da tsohon zakaran Switzerland Joseph Gallagher da Florian Jenni. A gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 2008
, wanda aka gudanar a Dresden, ya shiga tawagar Ingila a kan jirgin 3 kuma ya ba da gudummawar 71⁄2/11 don ƙimar wasan kwaikwayon gasar (TPR) na 2675.