<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Augusts Strautmanis waqala ukudlala i-chess esemncane ngaphansi kokuqondiswa nguyise. Kakade ngo-1926, eMhlanganweni Wesibili WaseLatvia, umdlali omusha we-chess wanqoba indawo yesine ephezulu ngemuva kukaFricis Apšenieks, uTeodors Bergs noVladimirs Petrovs futhi wafakwa eqenjini lokuqala elizimele laseLatvia elalibambe iqhaza eMhlanganweni Wesibili WaseLatvia.  <response>: I-Olympia Yesibili Ye-Chess eHague ngo-1928. U-Augusts Strautmanis wadlala ebhodini lesibili futhi wathola amaphuzu angu-7.5 kwayi-16 okungenzeka 6 -7 3. Ngo-193839 eLatvia First Speed Chess Championship, lapho ababambiqhaza abangu-1319 bebambe iqhaza ezigabeni ezahlukahlukene, u-Augusts Strautmanis uba ngumnqobi. Phakathi neminyaka yeMpi Yezwe Yesibili wanqoba i-Riga Championship ka-1943, wahlanganyela indawo yesi-3 kuya kweyesi-6 ku-Latvian Chess Championship ngonyaka ofanayo. Futhi, eminyakeni yangemva kwempi, u-Augusts Strautmanis waqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza ngempumelelo kwi-Latvian Chess Championships ngemuva kwendawo yesibili ngo-1946 u-Alexander Koblencs wayinqoba waba yi-Champion yaseLatvia ka-1948 ngemuva kokuwina impi eyengeziwe no-Igor Zhdanov. Emqhudelwaneni weqembu le-USSR semi-final ngo-1948 eRiga, u-Augusts Strautmanis wamelela iqembu laseLatvia. Ngo-1949, emqhudelwaneni waseLatvia wayesabelana indawo yesi-3 yesi-4, kodwa okokugcina u-Augusts Strautmanis wadlala emqhudelwaneni wokugcina we-Latvia ngo-1951. Eminyakeni eyalandela, u-Augusts Strautmanis akazange abambe iqhaza emincintiswaneni ebalulekile, kodwa ngemuva kokuvulwa kweSikole Sezemidlalo esifundeni saseTalsi ngo-1954, waba ngumqeqeshi wesigaba se-chess. 