ðə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ mˈʌnθ, hiː plˈeɪd ɪnðə tʃˈɛk kˈoʊl kˈɑːɹlsbæd tˈʊɹnəmənt ɪn kˈɑːɹlʌvi vˈɛɹi, wˌɛɹ hiː fˈɪnɪʃt θˈɜːd, skˈoːɹɪŋ hˈæf ɐ pˈɔɪnt bᵻhˌaɪnd ðə wˈɪnɚz, ɹˈʌslən pˈɑːnəmˌæɹɪˌɑːv ænd sˈɛɹɡeɪ məvsˈiːʒən.
The following month, he played in the Czech Coal Carlsbad tournament in Karlovy Vary, where he finished third, scoring half a point behind the winners, Ruslan Ponomariov and Sergei Movsesian.