Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I wikitoria a Gwaze i te 1998 African Junior Championship i Nairobi, Kenya, i riro i a ia te taitara o te Kaiwhakaako Ao (IM). Tērā pea ko tana angitu nui rawa atu i te 2002 Chess Olympiad
i te whakataetae i Bled, Slovenia i te wa i tutuki ai ia i tetahi kaute tino pai, i wikitoria i ana keemu e iwa i runga i te poari tuatahi mo Zimbabwe, he whakatutukitanga i mahia e ia anake me Alexander Alekhine.