 In 1936/37, he tied for 4th–5th at Hastings.The event was won by Alexander Alekhine.In 1937, he tied for 15th–16th in the Kemeri 1937 chess tournament (Salo Flohr, Petrovs and Samuel Reshevsky won); took 2nd in Brussels ("Quadrangular", Alberic O'Kelly de Galway won); took 3rd, behind Petrovs and Fricis Apšenieks, in Riga (7th LAT-ch, Triangular), and took 2nd in Riga ("Quadrangular", Paul List won).