He played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiad of 1998. In 1998 tied for 7th–11th with Zurab Sturua, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Angelos Vouldis and Ashot Nadanian in the Zonal tournament in Panormo, Crete, which was the qualifying tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999. In 2000 he tied for second through sixth place with Roman Slobodjan, Ventzislav Inkiov, Leonid Gofshtein and Stefan Djuric in the Arco Chess Festival. In 2008 he tied for second/third place with Tamaz Gelashvili in the Gyumri International tournament. In 2011, he won the Thessaloniki International Open "Alexander the Great".