He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, but was knocked out in the first round by Mikhail Gurevich. He played for Moldova in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996 and 1998 and for Romania in the 2000 Chess Olympiad. In 2008 he tied for 1st–3rd with Zigurds Lanka and Ahmed Adly at Hamburg.