Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Kua mohiotia a Alberts Melnbārdis hei tangata whai mana i roto i te whakahaere hakinakina. I te timatanga i kaha ia ki te turanga o te Latvian Weightlifting Federation a ko ia hoki te tumuaki o tenei whakahaere. I te 29 o ona tau, i ako a Alberts Melnbārdis ki te takaro i te kaitakaro, a, ka noho wawe hei kaitakaro pai. I te tau 1922 i wikitoria ia i te Riga Chess Club Tournament. I te tau 1928, i uru a Alberts Melnbārdis ki te 2nd Chess Olympiad
i Hague, i reira i takaro ai ia i te kēmu kotahi anake. I te 1935, i hinga ia i te Toa Toa o te Ao a Alexander Alekhine i roto i te huihuinga takaro kotahi. Mai i te 1933 ki te 1938 ko Alberts Melnbārdis te kaiarahi o te Latvian Chess Union. I a ia e mahi ana, kua whakahaerehia e ia e rua nga whakataetae taatai a-ao i Ķemeri (1937, 1939), me te whakanui ake i te oranga taatai i Latvia. Ko Alberts Melnbārdis hoki te etita-in-chief o te maheni chess "Šacha māksla" (1937-39). I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mahi ia mo te Tari Whakaakoranga Hinengaro me nga Taakaro o Ostland, i reira ia i te kawenga mo te taatai.