U.S. Grandmaster born in Uzbekistan and a coach who moved to the USA in 1996. European U20 Champion 1989-90. Student at the Botvinnik-Kasparov Chess School. Bronze at the 2005 US Championship. He shared first-fourth at the 1988 World U20 Championship.
Best results: winner or shared first at Peer Gynt Gausdal 1991, World Open 1999, National Open 2000, World Open 2000, North American Open 2005, Washington Open 2008.
A member of the Uzbek team which won the silver medal at the 1992 Olympiad. Peak rating: 2600 in 1993, he is not active since 2008.