 In 1910, he tied for 1st-3rd with Lebedev and Grigory Levenfish in St Petersburg.In 1911, he tied for 2nd-5th in Cologne (Moishe Lowtzky won).In 1911, he tied for 3rd-4th with Levenfish, behind Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky and Znosko-Borovsky, in St Petersburg.