 In 1912 he took 11th in Stockholm (the 8th Nordic-ch, Alexander Alekhine won).In 1914 he took 10th at Baden bei Wien (Rudolf Spielmann won).During World War I, he tied for 6-7th at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic-ch, Paul Johner won), and twice won at Stockholm 1916 and Christiania (Oslo) 1917 (the 10th Nordic-ch), took 4th at Stockholm 1917, and took 2nd behind Karl Berndtsson at Gothenburg 1918.