Tournaments

• 1980, became a USCF master
• 1981, tied 2-5 (behind Joel Benjamin) with 7/8 at 386-player Championship section of 13th Annual National High School Championship, Philadelphia
• 1982, winner, Gausdal
• 1982, became International Master
• 1983, represented US at World Junior Championship in Belford, France
• 1984, beat Fedorowicz with 3.5/6 in a match
• 1984, tied for 3rd at US Championship. See annotated game against Peters
• 1985, Tunis, youngest (at 19) American Interzonal participant since Fischer, tied 6-8 with 9/16
• 1985, clear first, United States Junior Championship
• 1985, won World Junior Championship. See annotated game against Howell
• 1985, came 2nd in New York Open
• 1985, tied 1st in World Open, Philadelphia. See annotated game against Rohde
• 1985, tied 2nd in US Championship, New York
• 1986, scored 5.5/7 (performance 2664) as 2nd reserve at Dubai Olympiad
• 1986, awarded International Grandmaster title
• 1986-87, tied 2nd in US Championship, Clichy
• 1987, tied 3rd in US Championship
• 1987, tied 1st in US National Open, Las Vegas. See NY Times article
• 1987, winner, San Bernardino
• 1987, winner, Volksbank Open (in Bern, Switzerland). See NY Times article
• 1988, awarded the $32,000 Samford Chess Fellowship
• 1988, winner, World Open, Philadelphia. See annotated games against Gulko and de Firmian
• 1988, winner, Philadelphia Open
• 1988, tied 4-10 at US Championship with 5.5/11, Cambridge Springs
• 1989, tied 1-5, American Open
• 1989, winner, Long Beach
• 1990, tied 4th at Hoogovens tournament, Wijk aan Zee, ahead of Short, Korchnoi, Anand, etc. See annotated game against Short
• 1991, won the 2nd Harvard Cup man-machine tournament
• 1992, rated 3rd in US (behind Kamsky & Kaidanov)
• 1993, winner, Las Vegas

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