Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te tau 2002, i takaro ia mo te kapa Costa Rican i runga i te papa e toru i te 35th Chess Olympiad
, i tu ki Bled, Slovenia, ka eke ki te 9/14 tohu; i tohaina e ia me te Russian Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich me etahi atu.