Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Augusts Strautmanis wuxuu ka bilaabay ciyaarta shaakada isagoo aad u yar isaga oo uu tababaray aabihiis. Horeyba sanadkii 1926 shirkii labaad ee Latvian Chess Congress, ciyaaryahanka cusub ee chess-ka wuxuu ku guuleystay kaalinta afaraad ee ugu sarreysa (ka dib Fricis Apšenieks, Teodors Bergs iyo Vladimirs Petrovs) waxaana lagu daray kooxdii ugu horreysay ee madaxbannaan ee Latvian ah oo ka qeyb qaadatay shirkii labaad ee Latvian Chess Congress.
Olombikada 2aad ee ciyaaraha Chess-ka ee Hague 1928. Augusts Strautmanis wuxuu ku ciyaaray shaxda labaad wuxuuna helay 7.5 dhibcood 16 ka mid ah suurtagalnimada (+6 -7 =3). Sannadkii 1938/39 tartankii ugu horreeyay ee Latvian Speed Chess Championship, halkaas oo 1319 kaqeybgalayaashu ay ka qeybgaleen marxalado kala duwan, Augusts Strautmanis wuxuu noqday guuleystaha. Intii lagu jiray sanadihii Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka wuxuu ku guuleystay Horyaalkii Riga ee 1943, wuxuu wadaagay kaalinta 3aad <unk> 6aad ee Tartanka Latvian Chess ee isla sanadkaas. Sidoo kale, sanadihii dagaalka kadib, Augusts Strautmanis wuxuu sii waday inuu si guul leh uga qaybqaato Tartanka Latvian Chess Championship <unk> ka dib markii uu kaalinta labaad ka galay 1946 (Alexander Koblencs ayaa ku guuleystay) wuxuu noqday Horyaalka Latvia ee 1948 (ka dib markii uu ku guuleystay dagaalka dheeraadka ah ee Igor Zhdanov). Horyaalkii kooxaha ee USSR semi-finalka 1948 ee Riga, Augusts Strautmanis wuxuu matalayay kooxda Latvia. Sanadkii 1949, horyaalkii Latvia wuxuu wali wadaagay kaalinta 3aad iyo 4aad, laakiin markii ugu dambeysay ee Augusts Strautmanis uu ka ciyaaray finalka horyaalka Latvia ee 1951. Sanadihii dambe, Augusts Strautmanis si firfircoon ugama uusan qeybqaadan tartamada muhiimka ah, laakiin ka dib markii la furay Dugsiga Isboortiga ee Degmada Talsi sanadkii 1954, wuxuu noqday tababare qeybta shaashadda.