Career
He played for England in the European Team Chess Championships of 1983, 1989 and 2007. He was equal first in four editions of the very strong Cappelle-la-Grande Open: 1989, 1990, 1995 and 1997. In 2001 he tied for 1st-4th with Yannick Pelletier, Tamaz Gelashvili and Vladimir Tukmakov in the 9th Neuchâtel Open and in 2009/10 tied for 1st-4th with Andrei Istrăţescu, Romain Edouard and David Howell in the Hastings International Chess Congress.
He also plays in the Leicestershire Amateur League for the chess club Braunstone and on Internet Chess Club Interstate Commerce Commission as "mhebden".
Interstate Commerce Commission is a commercial site where many titled players gather.