 He took 7th at Vienna 1926 (Rudolf Spielmann won), took 7th at Brno 1931 (Salo Flohr won), took 10th at Budapest 1931 (Hungarian Chess Championship, Lajos Steiner won), tied for 10-11th at Budapest 1932 (Géza Maróczy won), took 2nd behind Esteban Canal at Budapest 1933, tied for 9-11th at Ujpest 1934 (Andor Lilienthal won), and tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Erich Eliskases, at Budapest 1934 ("Maróczy Jubilee").In 1935, he played for Hungary in the 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw, scoring 8.5/14 (+5 –2 =7) at first reserve board.He tied for 11-14th at Budapest 1936 (Mieczysław Najdorf and L. Steiner won), took 5th at Teplitz-Schönau 1937 (Karl Gilg won), took 6th at Budapest 1940 ("Maróczy Jubilee", Max Euwe won), and took 8th at Munich 1941 ("Europaturnier", Gösta Stoltz won).