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Whitaker was an everyday challenger for prime places in the Western Open, held annually in the midwest, south,
or far west. His main outcomes from this interval:
16th Western Open, Excelsior, Minnesota 1915-8.5/10, second place, winner
Jackson Showalter; 17th Western Open, Chicago 1916-13.5/19, tied 4-fifth, winner
Edward Lasker. Whitaker completed with 8/11, only
half a point behind winner Janowski, and forward of Marshall, each of whom he defeated
head-to-head. The tournament featured three of the world's prime gamers in future World Chess Champion Jose Raul Capablanca, from Cuba (who
received the occasion), American champion Frank Marshall, and
former world title match finalist Dawid Janowski of France,
together with the very robust Charles Jaffe and Oscar Chajes.
Marshall, but the two couldn't agree on financial terms.
He went as far as to immediately contact FIDE
President Alexander Rueb, suggesting that two
American affiliate chess organizations be permitted as
members of FIDE, allowing two American groups, while other nations
had just one, but his argument was dismissed.
In 1928, while on his honeymoon, Whitaker went to The Hague to characterize the United States in the Newbie World Championship, a spherical-robin tournament,
in opposition to the champions of 15 other nations.