Israeli Grandmaster (1991) born in USSR and living in Israel since 1992. A member of the Israeli Senior Team which won the European Senior Championship in 2016.
Best results: Winner of Sevastopol 1986, Eger 1988, Baku 1988, Vrnjacka Banja 1991, Israel Open championship (joint) 2003 and Montreal B in 2006.
Well known to be the coach of Boris Gelfand for more than 15 years and recently of Yuliya Shvayger.
A participant in 5 Olympiads between 1996 and 2006.