HIGHLIGHTS OF CHESS CAREER
- Boys under-14 Russian Federation Championship, 1972 2nd place
- Boys under-14 Russian Federation Championship, 1972 1st place
- Became a Candidate of Master (analog of expert in US), 1975
- Became a Master, 1978
- Became an International Master, 1987
- Became a Grandmaster, 1988
- Won international tournaments:
- Moscow, Russia 1987
- Lvov, Ukraine 1988
- Protvino, Russia 1988
- Wien, Austria 1989
- Hastings Masters, England 1990
- Gent, Belgium 1990
- New York 1990
- Since emigrating to US in 1991
- won World Open (1992)
- won US Open (1992)
- tied for first in National Open (1990, 1992, 1994 and 1999)
- won World Championship Lucerne, 1993) with the US team.
- member of US team, who finished third in World Chess Olympiad (Erevan, Armenia, 1996)
- member of US team, who finished second in World Chess Olympiad (Elista, Russia, 1998)
- won Goodricke Open (Calcutta, India, 2000)
- member of US team, in World Chess Olympiad (Istanbul, Turkey, 2000)
- member of US team, in World Chess Olympiad (Bled Slovenia, 2002)
- winner of Aeroflot Open, one of the strongest open tournaments ever (80+ GMs) Moscow, Russia, 2002
- member of US team, who finished 4th in World Chess Olympiad (Calvia, 2004)
- member of US team, who finished 3rd in World Chess Olympiad (Torino, 2006)
- 3rd place in US Championship (Stillwater, OK, 2007)
- Coach of U.S Women's Bronze Medal Team (Dresden, Germany, 2008)
