In 1903, he took 8th in Vienna (King's Gambit theme tournament; Mikhail Chigorin won). In 1904, he took 6th in the Monte Carlo chess tournament (Géza Maróczy won).
In 1903, he secured an eighth-place finish in a chess competition held in Vienna, which was centered around the King's Gambit theme; Mikhail Chigorin ultimately claimed the championship. The following year, 1904, he placed sixth at the Monte Carlo tournament, where Géza Maróczy took top honors.