 He was knocked out in round three by Vladimir Akopian by 0.5-1.5.At the 2003 Guelph International Pro-Am, he scored 6.5/9 for a shared 3rd-5th place.In the same year he won the Toronto Chess'n Math Association Futurity with 8.5/10 and the Canadian Open Chess Championship in Kapuskasing with 8/10.