Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1926, i eke ia ki te tūranga tuatoru i Budapest. I te tau 1927, i tohu ia i a Finland i te papa tuatahi (+4 <unk>7 =4) i te 1st Chess Olympiad
i Rānana. I te tau 1928, i taurite ia mo te 12<unk>14th i The Hague (2d FIDE World Amateur Championship; I wikitoria a Max Euwe). I te tau 1929, i eke ia ki te 7 i Gothenburg. (Tuatoru o nga Nordic-ch; I wikitoria a Gideon Ståhlberg). I te tau 1930, i eke ia ki te tuatoru i Stockholm (15th Nordic-ch; I wikitoria a Erik Andersen). I te tau 1930, i taurite ia mo te 2nd-4th i Helsinki (I wikitoria a Eero Böök). I te tau 1931, i ngaro ia i te tukinga ki a Böök (4,5: 5,5).