Career
In 1997 he tied for first through third place with Stanislav Savchenko and Alexander Moroz in the Danko Chess Tournament in Yenakiieve. In 1998 tied for 7th–11th with Zurab Sturua, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Angelos Vouldis and Ashot Nadanian in the Zonal tournament in Panormo, Crete, which was the qualifying tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999. In 2000 he tied for second through sixth place with Roman Slobodjan, Ventzislav Inkiov, Leonid Gofshtein and Stefan Djuric in the Arco Chess Festival.
In 2008 he tied for second/third place with Tamaz Gelashvili in the Gyumri International tournament.
On the May 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2459.