Sergey Volkov
At the 2009 Voronezh Open he tied for first with Sergey Volkov, Igor Lysyj, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Valerij Popov, Denis Khismatullin, Dmitry Andreikin and Dmitry Kokarev, placing eighth on countback. In the same year he tied for first in the 11th Dubai Open, finishing second on tiebreak.