<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Augusts Strautmanis akatanga kutamba chess achiri muduku achitungamirirwa nababa vake. Nechekare muna 1926 paLatvia Second Chess Congress, mutambi mutsva wechess akakunda nzvimbo yepamusoro yechina mushure meFricis Apšenieks, Teodors Bergs naVladimirs Petrovs uye akaverengerwa muchikwata chekutanga chakazvimiririra cheLatvia icho chakatora chikamu muLatvia Chess Congress.  <response>: 2nd Chess Olympiad muThe Hague muna 1928. Augusts Strautmanis akatamba pabhodhi rechipiri uye akawana 7.5 pfungwa kubva pa16 dzinobvira 6 -7 3. Muna 193839 muLatvia First Speed Chess Championship, umo vatori vechikamu 1319 vakapinda mumatanho akasiyana-siyana, Augusts Strautmanis anova mukundi. Mumakore eHondo Yenyika Yechipiri akakunda Riga Championship ya1943, akagovana 3rd6th nzvimbo paLatvia Chess Championship yegore rimwe chete. Zvakare, mumakore emashure mehondo, Augusts Strautmanis akaramba achibudirira kutora chikamu muLatvia Chess Championships mushure mekupinda munzvimbo yechipiri muna 1946 Alexander Koblencs akaihwina akazova Champion weLatvia wa1948 mushure mekukunda kurwa kwekuwedzera naIgor Zhdanov. Mumutambo weUSSR wechikwata chemakwikwi e1948 muRiga, Augusts Strautmanis akamiririra timu yeLatvia. Muna 1949, pamutambo weLatvia achiri kugoverana nzvimbo yechitatu yechina, asi nguva yekupedzisira Augusts Strautmanis akatamba pamakwikwi ekupedzisira emutambo weLatvia muna 1951. Mumakore akazotevera, Augusts Strautmanis haana kutora chikamu chinoshingairira mumakwikwi akakosha, asi mushure mekuvhurwa kweChikoro cheMitambo mudunhu reTalsi muna 1954, akazova murairidzi wechikamu chechess. 