Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1978, Van Tilbury kwagara St. Croix na Virgin Islands nke U.S. iji mee ka ebe obibi ya guzosie ike na igwu egwuregwu chess n'asọmpi. O ritere ihe nrite ọlaedo maka akara kacha mma n'otu n'otu na Board 1 na
Egwuregwu Olimpik nke 1984 na Thessaloniki, Gris. N'afọ 1977 o meriri na Washington, D.C., Open nakwa na Jamaican Open n'afọ 1981. N'afọ ndị na-adịbeghị anya, ọ gbara bọọlụ kacha elu maka British Virgin Islands.