Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yemelin ya lashe gasar tseren St. Petersburg sau uku, a 1993, 2002 da 2011. Ya halarci wasannin Chess Olympiads guda biyu, a cikin 1994 da 1996
, yana wasa da kungiyar B ta Rasha a lokuta biyu. A shekarar 1994 ya lashe lambar tagulla ta tawagar.