 In 1906, he tied for 6-7th in Nuremberg (15th DSB–Congress, Frank Marshall won).In 1907, he tied for 9-11th in Vienna (Jacques Mieses won), and took 10th in the Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament (Akiba Rubinstein won).In 1908, he tied for 9-12th in Düsseldorf (16th DSB–Congress, Marshall won).