Cika wannan jumla: A 1990 a
29th Chess Olympiad a Novi Sad ya ci 8/11, bayan haka ya ɗauki hutu daga chess don karatunsa. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 20, a 1992 ya yi nasara a wasanni da dama na Turai. A wannan shekarar ya buga a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 30 tare da wasan kwaikwayon 7.5/11. Ya ci nasara a Sitges da Ceuta a 1992, inda ya karɓi ƙa'idar Grandmaster ta farko. A cikin 1993 ya fara karatun Ilimin tattalin arziki a Jami'ar Montpellier. A watan Disamba na 1993 ya lashe gasar zakarun a Montpellier da 7/9, ya sami al'ada ta biyu. Bayan 'yan watanni sai aka ba shi lambar yabo ta Grandmaster. A wancan lokacin yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan mashahuran Afirka guda uku, sauran biyun 'yan wasan Tunisia ne Slim Bouaziz da Slim Belkhodja.