Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I takaro a Nebojša Nikolić mo Bosnia me Herzegovina i te Chess Olympiad: I te tau 1991, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te taitara FIDE International Master (IM). I te tau 1994, i te poari tuatahi i te 31st Chess Olympiad
i Moscow (+1, =1, -0), a riro i te mētara hiriwa rōpū.