<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Alberts Melnbārdis waziwa njengomuntu osebenzayo emphakathini enhlanganweni yezemidlalo. Ekuqaleni wayekhuthele esisekelweni seLatvia Weightlifting Federation futhi futhi wayengusihlalo wale nhlangano. Lapho eneminyaka engu-29, u-Alberts Melnbārdis wafunda ukudlala i-chess futhi ngokushesha waba umdlali omuhle. Ngo-1922 wanqoba i-Riga Chess Club Tournament. Ngo-1928, u-Alberts Melnbārdis wabamba iqhaza  <response>: I-Olympiad yesibili ye-Chess eHague, lapho adlala khona umdlalo owodwa kuphela. Ngo-1935, wanqoba i-World Chess Champion u-Alexander Alekhine emdlalweni wesikhathi esisodwa. Kusukela ngo-1933 kuya ku-1938, u-Alberts Melnbārdis wahola iLatvian Chess Union. Ngesikhathi semisebenzi yakhe, uhlele imiqhudelwano emibili yamazwe omhlaba e-Khemeri 1937, 1939, kanye nokwanda ngokuphawulekayo kwempilo ye-chess eLatvia. U-Alberts Melnbārdis wayebuye abe ngumhleli oyinhloko wephephabhuku le-chess elithi Šacha māksla 1937-39. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, wasebenzela uMnyango Wezemfundo Yezemidlalo Wase-Ostland, lapho ayephethe khona i-chess. 