Holt earned his USCF expert rating of 2000+ in October 2007 at Derby, Kansas. In 2010 Holt would gain his second IM norm in the 2010 World Open. With 5.0/10 in the event overall and crossing 2500 fide, Holt gained his General Motors-elect title, which was confirmed later on in the year.
Conrad Holt is a consistently strong internet blitz player, playing on such chess servers as Interstate Commerce Commission and chess.com.
He attends the University of Texas at Dallas and studies Physics.
He went on to achieve his National Master title nine months later, in the World Open in Philadelphia. In 2008, Holt won the United States Cadet Championship, earning him his first International Master norm, and in July 2009, he achieved his FIDE Master title, crossing 2300 fide for the first time. Holt became a Senior Master in 2011, and achieved his third grandmaster norm by drawing Alexander Lenderman in the 2012 Dallas General Motors invitational. In August 2014 Holt won the 2014 United States Open Championship, finishing tied for first place and winning in a tie-break playoff game.
