Ka cika wannan jumla: Lilienthal, 'yar asalin Yahudawa ce, an haife ta ne a Moscow, a Daular Rasha, kuma ta ƙaura zuwa Hungary sa'ad da take 'yar shekara biyu. Ya buga wa Hungary wasa a wasannin Chess Olympiads guda uku: Folkestone 1933 (scoring +7−0=6 a matsayin mai ajiya, dan wasa na biyar a cikin tawagar), Warsaw 1935 (scoring +11−0=8 a kwamitin na biyu), da kuma
Stockholm 1937 (scoring +9−2=6 a kan, yana jagorantar tawagarsa zuwa lambar azurfa). Ya lashe lambar zinare ta mutum don kwamitin sa (ajiyar ajiya da kwamitin na biyu, bi da bi) a gasar Olympics ta 1933 da 1935, kuma yana da sakamako na huɗu mafi kyau a kwamitin farko a 1937. Jimlarsa a gasar Olympics ta kasance 75.51%.