Best results: Kecskemet Open 1993, 1st; Moscow GM 1995, 2nd; Petermanenchen GM 1999, 2nd; Abu Dhabi Open 2001, 1st; Ashdod Open 2003, 1-4th; Balaguer 2005, 1-3rd; Ikaros Open 2007 and 2011, 1-2nd.
A participant in six Olympiads from 1992 until 2002. In 1992 he won the silver for the second best result at board two.
Uzbek Grandmaster (1993). Chess journalist.