 In 1997, he shared the 2nd place in the Russian Chess Cup final, and in 1998 he took in this tournament 3rd place.In 2000, in Varna Valery Filippov won Academic World Chess Championship, won in Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial in Mérida and in Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg.In 2001, in Kazan he shared 1st place in the Russian Chess Cup final.