In 1926, he took 2nd, behind Vladimirs Petrovs, and shared 2nd, behind Fricis Apšenieks in Riga.
He took 14th at Kemeri 1937 (Salo Flohr, Petrovs and Samuel Reshevsky won).
[2] In 1937, he also took 4th in Riga (Quadrangular, Paul List won).
[3] He tied for 6–7th at Riga 1941 (LAT-ch, Alexander Koblencs won).
[4] He introduced the Berg Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Qxd4) in the Queen's Indian, Marienbad system (A47).