Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Alberts Melnbārdis abụrụla onye a maara dị ka onye na-arụsi ọrụ ike na ọha na eze na nzukọ egwuregwu. Na mbido ọ na-arụ ọrụ na ntọala Latvian Weightlifting Federation ma bụrụkwa onye isi oche nke nzukọ a. Mgbe ọ dị afọ 29, Alberts Melnbārdis mụtara otú e si egwu egwuregwu chess ma ghọọ ezigbo onye na-egwu egwuregwu n'egbughị oge. N'afọ 1922, o meriri asọmpi Riga Chess Club. Na 1928, Alberts Melnbārdis sonyere na 2nd Chess Olympiad
na Hague, ebe ọ gbara naanị otu egwuregwu. N'afọ 1935, o meriri onye mmeri ụwa Alexander Alekhine n'otu oge egwuregwu. Site na 1933 ruo 1938 Alberts Melnbārdis duziri Latvian Chess Union. N'oge ọrụ ya, ọ haziri asọmpi egwuregwu egwuregwu mba ụwa abụọ na Ķemeri (1937, 1939), yana ọ mụbara ndụ chess na Latvia nke ukwuu. Alberts Melnbārdis bụkwa onye isi nchịkọta akụkọ nke akwụkwọ akụkọ chess "Šacha māksla" (1937-39). N'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, ọ rụrụ ọrụ maka Ngalaba Ọzụzụ Ahụike na Egwuregwu nke Ostland, ebe ọ bụ onye na-ahụ maka egwuregwu chess.