| Birth Day | November 27, 1980 |
| Birth Place | Russia |
| Age | 43 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
Highly ranked Russian chess Grandmaster who finished in the Top Ten in the 2010 Chess World Cup.
Before he became a professional chess player he worked as a nuclear Physicist.
He was part of the gold medal-winning team at the World Team Chess Championship in 2009.
He was born and raised in the now defunct Soviet Union.
He is one of the top current players in the world like Magnus Carlsen.
