 In the US he has attended chess summer camps, promoted his book ("Winning The Won Game" - 2004 Batsford/Chrysalis, co-authored with Danny Kopec) and played in tournaments.In 2006, he finished joint first at the Las Vegas National Open and followed up with an outright win at the South Carolina Open.He also played the Amsterdam 2006 event and finished a creditable half point off the leaders in what was a very strong field (Tiviakov, Timman, Nijboer, Tukmakov among others).