Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - nō New York City a Richard Robinson, engari i mahi ia ki Bermuda mō ngā tau maha. E mohiotia ana ia hei mema o nga whakataetae taatai US. Ko tōna tino angitu i te mekemeke i te tau 1996
I Yerevan, i riro ai i a ia te mētara koura i te poari tuarua i roto i te tūranga takitahi o te Chess Olympiad, i mua i tana ōrau o te Kaiwhakaako Nui a Alex Yermolinsky.