- 2008: 1st prize board one at 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden
- 2008: 1st Dortmund (Cat. 18)
- 2007: 1st ACP Rapid World Cup
- 2006: 1st Tal Memorial (Cat 20)
- 2005: 1st Corus chess tournament
- 2004: Drew Classical World Chess Championship 2004 (+2−2=10) versus Vladimir Kramnik
- 2004: 2nd Linares chess tournament (Cat 20)
- 2004: 2nd Wijk aan Zee (Cat 19)
- 2003: 2nd Monaco
- 2003: 1st Linares (Cat 20)
- 2002: 1st Candidates Tournament at Dortmund chess tournament
- Won the right to challenge Vladimir Kramnik for the World Chess Championship
- 2002: 2nd place at Essen (Cat.17)
- 2002: 3rd place at Monaco
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- 2002: 1st Rapid Grand Prix at Dubai
- 2001: 1st Rapid Master Event in Nordhorn (Germany)
- 2001: 3rd Dortmund (Cat. 21)
- 2001: Defeated Michael Adams in a Fischer Random Chess match, Mainz, Germany
- 2000: Defeated Alexander Khalifman in match play, Budapest
- 1999: 1st Dortmund (Cat. 19)
- 1999: 1st the Rapid Grand Prix in Bordeaux (France)
- 1998: 2nd place at Tilburg (Cat. 18)
- 1996: 1st World Junior Chess Championship U16
- 1995: 3rd Dortmund (Cat. 17)
- At the age of 15
- 1994: Awarded International Grandmaster title
- At then-record age of 14 years old
- 1992: Awarded International Master title
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