Armenian Grandmaster (1984) who is living in Hungary.
Father-in-law and coach of Peter Leko and coach of the Armenian national team which won three Olympiads.
Best results: won or shared first at Yerevan 1980, Albena 1980, Bagneux 1981, Novi-Sad 1983, Lvov 1984 and Yerevan 1984. Also, second at Dortmund GM in 1998.
A participant in the 1992 ( where he got a team bronze medal) and in the 1996 Olympiads with Armenia.