He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 1994 and earned the Grandmaster title in 1995.[1]
In 1997, he tied for first place with Vladimir Burmakin, Vladimir Baklan, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Alexey Vyzmanavin, Tony Miles, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Mark Hebden, and Darius Ruželė in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament.[2]
He served as a coach in the A.V.Momot Chess Club, which opened in 1999.[3] He also served as a trainer of the Ukrainian team.[4]
In 2000, he won the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament, beating Gilberto Milos on tiebreak scores.[5]
In August 2011, he finished as the runner-up in the Nabokov Memorial.[6]