Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata a Seirawan ki te tākaro tēnehi i te tau 12; i te tau 13, ka riro ia hei toa rangatahi o Washington. I te 19 o ona tau, i toa ia i te Toa Toa Toa o te Ao. I wikitoria hoki ia i tetahi keemu ki a Viktor Korchnoi, e rua tau i mua ake nei i ngaro i te tukinga mo te toa o te ao. Na, i miharo a Viktor, ka tono atu ia ki a Seirawan ki Switzerland, kei reira a Korchnoi e whakangungu ana mo tana whakataetae taitara o te ao 1981
ki a Anatoly Karpov.