<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - UWhitaker wabandakanyeka empikiswaneni nabaphathi be-chess ekuqaleni kwawo-1930. Wayekholelwa ukuthi bekufanele akhethwe eqenjini laseMelika le-3rd Chess Olympiad, Hamburg 1930 esikhundleni sikaHarold Meyer Phillips 0.52 eHamburg noma uJames Allan Anderson 617, noma i-4th Chess Olympiad  <response>: IPrague, ngo-1931. Ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yangaphambilini yokuncintisana, nangokubonisa okuncane kukaPhillips no-Anderson eqenjini laseMelika elenza kahle indawo yesi-6 eHamburg, uWhitaker kungenzeka ukuthi wayenesizathu esizwakalayo. Kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi isizinda sakhe sobugebengu bheka ngezansi naso sasiyisici esinqumweni. Waze waya ngisho nokuxhumana ngqo noMongameli we-FIDE u-Alexander Rueb, waphakamisa ukuthi izinhlangano ezimbili ze-chess ezihlangene zaseMelika zivunyelwe njengamalungu e-FIDE, zivumela amaqembu amabili aseMelika, kuyilapho ezinye izizwe zineqembu elilodwa kuphela, kodwa impikiswano yakhe yenqatshwa. Lokhu kusondela komuntu othile kuMongameli we-FIDE mayelana nendaba yokukhethwa kweqembu lesizwe kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba athole abangane bakaWhitaker. Nakuba kwakubonakala kungenangqondo, imibuzo yokuthi yibaphi abadlali ababefaneleka kakhulu ukudlala eqenjini yaholela abaqondisi be-chess baseMelika ukuba bahlele umqhudelwano wokulungiselela phakathi kweMasters, ukuze bakhethe iqembu lesizwe lama-Olympic ka-1933. Ngaleso sikhathi, uWhitaker wayebhekene namacala obugebengu obubucayi bheka ngezansi; akazange akhethwe emaqenjini esikhathi esizayo. Amaqembu aseMelika ngaphandle kukaWhitaker akwazi ukuthola izindondo zegolide ze-Olympiad zeqembu ngo-1931, 1933, 1935 no-1937, kanye nezindondo eziningi zomuntu ngamunye. Ngo-1939, iWestern Chess Association neNational Chess Federation kwase kuhlanganiswe kwaba iUnited States Chess Federation. 