French chess Grandmaster (2011) of Ukrainian origin is born in Kiev, Ukraine. In 2011 he won the World Senior Championship and this achievement automatically earned him the title of Grandmaster.
World Senior Chess Championship (2011, 2015).
Best results: 44th Ukrainian championship 1979 at Dnipropetrovsk, 1st; Mezőhegyes 1984, 1st; Satu Mare 1986, tied 2nd; Samos 1987, 2nd; Halle 1987, 4th; Cappelle-la-Grande Open 1988, 1st; World Senior Championship 2011, 1st; Villach 2012; tied 1st; World Senior Championship 2015, 1st; Koge Jubilaumsturnering 2017 – Hovedturnering, tied 2nd; 33e Open International du Touquet 2018 – Open A, 1st;