Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1978, Van Tilbury ya koma St. Croix a cikin tsibirin Virgin Islands na Amurka don kafa mazaunin kuma ya buga wasan chess. Ya lashe lambar zinare don mafi kyawun mutum a kan Board 1 a gasar Olympics ta 1984
a birnin Thessaloniki, a ƙasar Hellas. A shekara ta 1977 ya lashe Washington, DC, Open da kuma Jamaican Open a 1981. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan ya taka leda a tsibirin British Virgin Islands.