I trained many chess players and they achieved lots of success. Trainer of the World Champions: Khalifman, Alexander (1988 – 1990); Ponomariov, Ruslan (2001 – 2004)
Trainer of Challengers of the World Champions (final match): Kamsky, Gata (1986 – 1987, 1996 – consultant on WCC match against Anatoly Karpov)
Best students: Nihal Sarin (India) and Salem AR Saleh (UAE)
Work with National Teams: South Africa junior (2009), Libya (2011), Sierra-Leone (2021), Malawi (2022)
In the year 2015 recognized by FIDE Trainer’s commission as the Number 4 junior coach in the World:
In the year 2019 nominated by Sri Lanka’s chess federation for the FIDE Trainer Award (best junior coach)