Career
In 2011, he tied for 1st–5th with Alexander Areshchenko, Yuriy Kuzubov, Parimarjan Negi and Ni Hua in the 9th Parsvnath Open Tournament. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, where he was eliminated in the first round by Evgeny Alekseev. In the Chess World Cup 2013 he reached the second round and lost to Nikita Vitiugov.
In the same year he led the Austrian team to victory at the Mitropa Cup in Mayrhofen.
In October 2015 he reached his peak FIDE Elo rating at 2698.
