Kammala wannan jumla: Penrose ya sha wahala daga jijiyoyi, kuma ya rushe a
Gasar Olympics ta 1970 a tsakiyar wasa mai cike da tashin hankali. Sakamakon haka, ya koma wasan chess na wasiƙa, inda ya yi nasara, ya sami lambar yabo ta International Master (IMC) a 1980 da lambar yabo ta Grandmaster (GMC) a 1983. Ya jagoranci kasarsa zuwa nasara a gasar Olympiad ta 9 (1982 <unk> 1987).