<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Alberts Melnbārdis ave achizivikanwa somunhu anoshingaira munzanga musangano remitambo. Pakutanga akanga achishingaira muLatvia Weightlifting Federation hwaro uyewo akanga sachigaro sangano iri. Pazera ramakore 29, Alberts Melnbārdis akadzidza kutamba chess uye nokukurumidza akava mutambi akanaka. Muna 1922 akakunda Riga Chess Club Tournament. Muna 1928, Alberts Melnbārdis akabatanidzwa mu  <response>: 2nd Chess Olympiad muThe Hague, kwaakatamba mutambo mumwe chete. Muna 1935, akakunda shasha yenyika Alexander Alekhine mumutambo wakaitwa panguva imwe chete. Kubva muna 1933 kusvika muna 1938 Alberts Melnbārdis akatungamirira Latvian Chess Union. Munguva yemabasa ake, akaronga makwikwi maviri epasi rose eChess muKemeri 1937, 1939, pamwe nekuwedzera zvakanyanya hupenyu hwechess muLatvia. Alberts Melnbārdis akanga ariwo mupepeti mukuru wemagazini yechess Šacha māksla 1937-39. MuHondo Yenyika II, akashanda muDhipatimendi rePhysical Education neMitambo reOstland, kwaakanga ari mutariri wechess. 