Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1928, ari mumwedzi wake wechando, Whitaker akaenda kuThe Hague kunomirira United States muAmateur World Championship
, mutambo wokutenderera, uchirwisana nemakwikwi emamwe marudzi gumi namashanu. Zvakare zvaiitwa panguva imwe chete uye nzvimbo yaiva 2nd Chess Olympiad nokuda kwemapoka enyika dzakawanda. Pasinei nokuva mutsaona inotyisa yechitima iyo yakauraya vanhu vapfumbamwe uye yakakuvadza zvikuru mudzimai wake, akapedza nehuwandu hwakasimba hwe9.5/14 mumutambo wake wokutanga wepasi rose kunze kweU.S.; izvi zvakabatanidzwa kune 4th-6th nzvimbo, uye akakunda mubayiro. Mutambi wenhabvu akanga ari Max Euwe, uyo akava World Chess Champion makore manomwe gare gare.