Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Seirawan akatanga kutamba chess pazera ramakore 12; pazera ramakore 13, akava shasha yechiduku yeWashington. Pazera remakore 19, akakunda World Junior Chess Championship. Akakundawo mutambo waakarwisana naViktor Korchnoi, uyo makore maviri akanga apfuura akanga arohwa zvishoma mumutambo wokukunda nyika. Aororwa, Viktor ipapo akakoka Seirawan kuSwitzerland, uko Korchnoi akanga achirovedza nokuda kwomutambo wake wenyika wa1981
mukurwisana naAnatoly Karpov.