Career
He played in the 2005 Chess World Cup at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia seeded 102nd, the 1999 Las Vegas FIDE Chess World Championship seeded 70th, and the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship held in Tripoli, Libya, where he was seeded 92nd. He is also third in the 2008 World Chess Live Grand Prix standings. He has also been a valued member on the United States Chess League in 2007 and 2008.
In the July 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2578.
General Motors Kudrin often has encouraged chess activities such as recruiting General Motors Boris Spassky to join the Western States Open in 2004 and 2005.
