At the 28th Chess Olympiad (1988) in Thessaloniki, Greece, he was part of the history-making Philippine Team that placed 7th, the team's best-ever showing in the biennial tournament, where as an untitled player but with an ELO of 2320 he played the 2nd Reserve Board and contributed 2½/4 games (+2 =1 -1) for a winning rate of 62.5% and a tournament performance rating (TPR) of 2569. The team recorded 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses on the way to the 7th-place finish.