| 1999 - present | Retired from professional chess... :-) |
| 1999 | Made it to the second round of the FIDE World Championship (Las Vegas) |
| 1998 | US Championship Semi-finalist; Pan-American College Champion Team (UMBC) |
| 1997 (Dec) | Made it to the second round of the FIDE World Championship (Groningen, Holland) |
| 1997 (Sept) | Played in Tilburg, Holland, with world's strongest players including Gary Kasparov |
| 1997 (July) | World Junior Champion (Poland); Fourth GM norm and title |
| 1997 (May) | Third GM norm (Hawaii) |
| 1997 (March) | Second GM norm (Cannes, France) |
| 1997 (Jan) | First GM norm (Linares, Spain) |
| 1996 | Awarded the Samford Chess Fellowship |
| 1995 | US Junior (under-20) Champion; National Open Co-champion |
| 1994 | Obtained IM title |
| 1993 | Made first IM norm in New York Open |
| 1992 | US Cadet (under-16) Champion |
| 1991 | Arizona State Champion (youngest ever) |
| 1990 | National Elementary Champion |
| 1988 | Single-handedly fended off three hungry bears |
| 1987 | National Primary Co-champion; Arizona State Elementary Co-champion |
| 1986 | Won Arizona State Primary Championship |
| 1985 | Started to play chess in November at the age of 7 (2nd grade) |