I te tau 1980 i riro a Nokes hei toa toa o Aotearoa i te mekemeke me Ortvin Sarapu me Vernon Small, ā, i tohu ia i a Aotearoa ki te whakataetae mekemeke o te tau 1982
, 2004, 2006, me te 2008. He Kaiwhakaako FIDE ia.