I was born in city Bryansk(USSR) 20 january 1969.IM Valery Zilberstein was my first coach. Few years I was in chess schools World Champion A.E.Karpov and GMs E.Sveshnikov-A.Panchenko.Since 1993 I'am Grandmaster.Highest rating 2525.1994-1996 was in team Ex-World Champion Vladimir Kramnik.1994 start my professional chess career.I won,about 70 tournaments in Europe.Plays for teams in Germany,Iceland,France,Czech Republic.Was Icelandic champion,Czech Republic champion in teams.Won GM-gruppe in Chambery 2008. Work in team IGM Vlad Tkachiev(FRA) in the moment. I give lot private lessons,besides Russian and English languages.