Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I takaro hoki a Aidyn Guseynov mo Azerbaijan i runga i te USSR Spartakiadas i te 1979 me te 1983, me te takaro hoki i te 1998 33rd Chess Olympiad
i Elista me te 1997 European Chess Championship i Pula, Croatia (6 o te 9 i runga i te papa tuatahi).