Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Alberts Melnbārdis ya zama sananne a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa ga jama'a a cikin ƙungiyar wasanni. Da farko ya kasance mai aiki a Gidauniyar Weightlifting ta Latvia kuma shi ne shugaban wannan kungiyar. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 29, Alberts Melnbārdis ya koyi yin wasan chess kuma ya zama dan wasa mai kyau. A cikin 1922 ya lashe gasar Riga Chess Club. A cikin 1928, Alberts Melnbārdis ya halarci gasar Olympiad ta Chess ta 2
a Hague, inda ya buga wasa daya kawai. A cikin 1935, ya doke Gwarzon Chess na Duniya Alexander Alekhine a cikin zaman wasa na lokaci guda. Daga 1933 zuwa 1938 Alberts Melnbārdis ya jagoranci kungiyar Chess ta Latvia. A lokacin ayyukansa, ya shirya gasa biyu na duniya a Ķemeri (1937, 1939), kazalika da haɓaka rayuwar chess a Latvia. Alberts Melnbārdis shi ne kuma babban editan mujallar chess "Šacha māksla" (1937-39). A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, ya yi aiki da Ostland na Ma'aikatar Ilimin Jiki da Wasanni, inda yake da alhakin wasan chess.