<prompt> Ngwala tšwetšopele ya serapa se - Alberts Melnbārdis o tsebja e le motho yo a mafolofolo wa setšhaba mokgatlong wa dipapadi. Mathomong o be a šoma ka go mokgatlo wa Latvian Weightlifting Federation gape e be e le modulasetulo wa mokgatlo wo. Ge a e-na le nywaga e 29, Alberts Melnbārdis o ile a ithuta go bapala chess gomme kapejana a ba sebapadi se sebotse. Ka 1922 o ile a thopa phadišano ya Riga Chess Club. Ka 1928, Alberts Melnbārdis o ile a tšea karolo go di-Olympiad tša 2 tša Chess  <response>: kua Hague, moo a ilego a bapala papadi e tee feela. Ka 1935, o ile a fenya Alexander Alekhine, e lego Mofenyi wa Lefase wa Chess ka papadi ya nako e tee. Go tloga ka 1933 go ya go 1938, Alberts Melnbārdis o ile a etelela pele Lekgotla la Latvia la Chess. Nakong ya mediro ya gagwe, o rulagantše dithonamente tše pedi tša boditšhabatšhaba tša chess kua Ķemeri 1937, 1939, gammogo le go oketša bophelo bja chess ka Latvia. Alberts Melnbārdis gape e be e le morulaganyi-mogolo wa makasine wa chess Šacha māksla 1937-39. Nakong ya Ntwa ya II ya Lefase, o ile a šomela Lefapha la Thuto ya Mmele le Dipapadi la Ostland, moo a bego a ikarabela ka chess. 