Na 1928, mgbe ọ nọ n'ọnwa ọlụlụ ya, Whitaker gara The Hague ịnọchite anya United States n'asọmpi egwuregwu ụwa nke ndị na-amụrụ onwe ha
, a gburugburu-robin ndorondoro, megide ndị mmeri nke 15 mba ndị ọzọ. A na-emekwa ya n'otu oge na ebe ahụ bụ 2nd Chess Olympiad maka ndị otu mba ụwa. N'agbanyeghi na ọ nọ n'ihe mberede ụgbọ oloko jọgburu onwe ya nke gburu mmadụ itoolu ma merụọ nwunye ya ahụ nke ukwuu, o ji akara siri ike nke 9.5/14 mechie na ihe omume mba ụwa mbụ ya siri ike na mpụga US; nke a jikọtara maka ebe 4th-6th, wee merie ihe nrite. Onye mmeri nke asọmpi ahụ bụ Max Euwe, onye ghọrọ Onye mmeri Chess World afọ asaa ka e mesịrị.