Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Nā ana hiahia pakihi i neke atu ai ia ki Aotearoa i te tau 1970. I a ia i reira, i purei ia i te New Zealand Chess Championship, a, i whakatau ia he tino pai ki a ia te whenua, ka waiho hei waahi pai mo tana reti. I whakataetae ia i te Nice 1974 Olympiad
mō tōna whenua hou, e tākaro ana i te papa kotahi, ā, e whiwhi ana i te whiwhinga 40 ōrau; he hua tino nui mō tētahi tangata e whitu tekau tau te pakeke.