 In international tournaments, his best early result was second equal at London 1977, with Miguel Quinteros and Michael Stean, after Vlastimil Hort.There were also good results at Esbjerg, where he won the North Sea Cup in 1979 (with Laszlo Vadasz) and finished with a share of second in 1984 (after Nigel Short, with Lars Karlsson).At Marbella in 1982, he was the co-winner of a zonal tournament, with Nunn, Stean and John van der Wiel.