Career
He became the youngest Indonesian General Motors ever at 17, beating out Utut Adianto"s record by four years. In 2004 he tied for 2nd-3rd with Eugenio Torre in the Southern Economic Association, USA Games in Vietnam. In 2007 he tied for 3rd-8th with Abhijit Kunte, Zhao June, Wen Yang, Darwin Laylo and Zhou Jianchao in the Asian Chess Championship.
In 2008, he tied for 3rd-7th with Marat Dzhumaev, Darwin Laylo, Dražen Sermek and Ashot Nadanian in the 5th Dato" Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Championship in Kuala Lumpur and tied for 3rd-6th with Nguyen Anh Dung, Irwanto Sadikin and Magesh Chandran Panchanathan in the Kuala Lumpur Open.
He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, where he was eliminated in the first round by Lê Quang Liêm.