He has three sisters, and in 2010 he stated that one of the things that first motivated him to take up chess seriously was the desire to beat his elder sister at the game.
او سه خواهر نیز دارد و در سال ۲۰۱۰ اظهار داشت یکی از چیزهایی که او را به شطرنج ترغیب می‌کرد تمایل به شکست دادن خواهر بزرگش بوده‌است.