 He appeared four times in the FIDE top 100, with a maximum rating of 2608.Tournament victories include number of international tournaments, among them the Hamburg HSK (1991), Gifhorn international (1992), Cappelle-la-Grande Open (1994 and 2001).He made his 1st appearance as a coach in the famous Wijk aan Zee international tournament 2002, helping Dutch grandmaster Jeroen Piket .