Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1928, yayin da yake hutun amarci, Whitaker ya tafi Hague don wakiltar Amurka a Gasar Zakarun Duniya na Amateur, wasan zagaye-zagaye, da zakarun sauran ƙasashe 15. Hakanan ana shirya shi a lokaci guda kuma wuri shine 2nd Chess Olympiad
ga kungiyoyin kasa da kasa. Duk da kasancewa cikin mummunan hatsarin jirgin kasa wanda ya kashe mutane tara kuma ya raunata matarsa sosai, ya gama da kyakkyawan sakamako na 9.5/14 a farkon babban taron kasa da kasa a wajen Amurka; wannan ya daidaita na 4 zuwa na 6, kuma ya lashe kyauta. Gwarzon gasar shi ne Max Euwe, wanda ya zama Gwarzon Chess na Duniya shekaru bakwai bayan haka.