 Bad Harzburger Open.He secured his first international master (IM) norm at the 2014 German Chess Championship, finishing eighth with a score of 5½/9.In 2015, he won the German U16 Chess Championship, earned his IM title, after attaining the remaining norms at the Nazari Chessfestival and the VMCG-Schachfestival, and won the Schlosspark Open.