
Russian Grandmaster (1999). Journalist.
Best result: Ufa 1993, 5th; Moscow open 1995, 2nd; Chigorin Memorial 1995, 2nd; Budapest FS 1996, 1st; Slovakia ch Open 1996, 1st; Perm 1997, 1st; Voronezh Open 2002, 2nd; Chigorin Memorial 2004, 2nd.
A participant in the 2000 World Championship, in the 2009 World Cup and in the 2010 Olympiad.
Author of Challenging the Sicilian with 2.a3!? (2004).
Best ELO: 2576 in 1999.
Pogonina vs. Bezgodov, Saratov 2007
Updated
10.11.2011