Kyrgyz chess Grandmaster (1996) is born in Frunze, Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic.
He became the first Kyrgyz player to receive the Grandmaster title.
Best results: Armed Forces championship in Sverdlovsk 1987, 1st-2nd; 1st Georgy Agzamov Memorial 2007 in Tashkent, 1st;
He became the first Kyrgyz player to receive the Grandmaster title. He represented Kyrgyzstan at seven Olympiads in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2008.