 He took 2nd, behind Abram Blass, at Tel Aviv 1935 (the 2nd Maccabiah Games).He played for Palestine on second board in the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (+6 –6 =5).He won against Creevey (IRL), Henri Grob (SUI), Bjørn Nielsen (DEN), Rasmusson (FIN), George Alan Thomas (ENG), and Karel Opočensky (CSR).