Volkov won the
Chigorin Memorial in 1998 and in the following year, he was joint winner with
Alexander Grischuk. He won it again in 2009. In 2000, Volkov won the
Russian Chess Championship in
Samara. He tied for second place at the 2002
European Individual Chess Championship in
Batumi, eventually placing third behind
Bartłomiej Macieja and
Mikhail Gurevich on a tie-break. He shared victory at the 2005
Rilton Cup with
Evgeny Gleizerov and
Emanuel Berg. In 2010/11, Volkov took a clear first place with 8/9 in the 40th Rilton Cup. In 2008 he won the bronze medal at the European Individual Championship for the second time in his career. In 2010, Volkov tied for 1st–8th with
Viorel Iordachescu,
Hrant Melkumyan,
Eduardo Iturrizaga,
Gadir Guseinov,
David Arutinian,
Aleksej Aleksandrov and
Tornike Sanikidze in the 12th
Dubai Open. Volkov came second in the 15th
Dubai Open in 2013.
Team events In team events he has twice represented Russia in major tournaments. At the
1998 Chess Olympiad, while still an
International Master, he played for Russia 2 team that finished eighth. At the 1999
European Team Chess Championship, he was played board 2 for the first team, which placed fifth. For his then club side
Mikhail Chigorin of
Saint Petersburg he contributed to a second-place finish at the
European Club Cup, held in
Neum in 2000. In the process, he earned himself an individual silver medal and an
Elo rating performance of 2743. He has also played in the French Nationale first league. Sergey Volkov became a grandmaster in 1998, following on from his Olympiad appearance in the same year. ==References==