French Grandmaster (1990). Coach. Paris Champion in 1984 and 1995.
Best results: Budel zonal 1987, 2nd; Dortmund B 1989, 1st; Clichy Open 1991, 1st; French Championship 1991, 2nd; Belfort 1995, 3rd; Linares zonal 1995, 2nd-8th; French National B in 2006, 1st.
In a match, he beat Zs. Polar 3½-2½ in 1987 and lost to Alexei Shirov 5½-½ in 1991. A participant in World Team Championship 1985, and European Team Championship 1989, 1992 (board 1) and 1997 and in seven Olympiads between 1986 and 1996. Second of Anatoly Karpov during the 1990 Karpov-Kasparov World Championship.