Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nick Patterson bụ nwatakịrị na-egwuri egwu. O meriri Irish Chess Championship n'afọ 1969. N'egwuregwu dị ogologo na
Egwuregwu Chess Olympiad nke Siegen na 1970, ebe ọ na-egwu bọọdụ kachasị elu maka Ireland, ọ zutere onye isi obodo Denmark bụ Bent Larsen, onye bụ otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu 10 kachasị elu n'ụwa n'oge ahụ, ma jisie ike mee ka ọ bụrụ ihe ngosi mgbe ọ gachara 93.