In 2008, he achieved 6.0/9 in the 10th Rector Cup, in joint first alongside Alexander Onischuk and Michail Brodsky, but tiebreak decider games brought him down to 3rd place.
[1] He also participated in the Dubai Open 2010, where he defeated Gadir Guseinov in 29 moves.
[2] He became a grandmaster in 2009 after crossing 2500 fide, but since has mainly remained below 2500.
In 2019, he won the December Evenings B-Group in Chelyabinsk.
This biographical article relating to an Armenian chess figure is a stub.