American Chess Grandmaster (2012) is born in Cebu City, Philippines.
Best results: Los Angeles International 2003, 3rd; 13th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational 2011, 2nd; 21st Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational 2012, 1st; 37th Annual Sands Regency Reno – Western States Open 2019, tied 1st; 8th Annual Reno Larry Evans Memorial 2019, tied 1st;