 Over the years, he has also won many medals in team competition, representing the Soviet Union and then Armenia in the Olympiads and European Team Chess Championships.In 1974, he was board one for the USSR team at the World Student Team Championship at Teesside, scoring 10/11 and taking the board one prize.Most recently, he took team bronze and individual gold for best performance on board 3 at the 2004 Calvia Olympiad.