In 1903, he took 7th in Monte Carlo (Siegbert Tarrasch won). In 1904 he tied for 8-9th in Coburg (14th DSB–Congress, Curt von Bardeleben, Schlechter and Rudolf Swiderski won), and tied for 4-5th in Vienna (Schlechter won). In 1905 he took 10th in Ostend (Maroczy won), tied for 7-10th in Barmen (Janowski and Maroczy won), and took 2nd, behind Schlechter, in Vienna. In 1906, he tied for 6-7th in Nuremberg (15th DSB–Congress, Frank Marshall won). In 1907, he tied for 9-11th in Vienna (Jacques Mieses won), and took 10th in the Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament (Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1908, he tied for 9-12th in Düsseldorf (16th DSB–Congress, Marshall won).