Best results: Won or shared first at Erkel Memorial 2000. Zalakos Open 1995, Budapest Topolca 1999, Voronezh 1999, Steinitz Memorial 2000, Budapest FS 2002, Balacz Memorial Budapest 2003, Krakow Open 2003, Smolensk 2003, Budapest FS 2004, 2005 and 2006, 1-8th at Capelle la Grande 2008, Moscow Open 2010 and Tenkes Kupa International 2015. Also 2nd at Tankes Open 1994, Slovakian Open championship 2000 and Olomuc Open C in 2009, 3rd at Dresden 1995 and 4th at the Russian Championship 1999.
Peak rating: 2585 in 2004. Since few years he is playing only one or two tournament per year.
Russian Grandmaster (2000), journalist.