Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata a Seirawan ki te takaro i te 12 tau; i te 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 te whakamiharo, ka tono a Viktor ki a Seirawan kia haere ki Switzerland, i reira a Korchnoi e whakangungu ana mo tana
Ko te whakataetae taitara ao 1981 ki a Anatoly Karpov.