Abram Rabinovich

Russian chess player

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is  Isaakovich and the family name is  Rabinovich.

Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich[1] (5 January 1878 – 7 November 1943) was a Lithuanian–Russian chess player. He was champion of Moscow in 1926.

The participants of the fourth USSR Chess Championship in 1925.
Sitting (left to right): Vilner, Levenfish, Rokhlin (organizer), Gotthilf, I. Rabinovich, Bogolyubov (winner), Ilyin-Genevsky, Duz-Khotimirsky, Romanovsky, Sergeyev, Nenarokov, Verlinsky, A. Rabinovich.
Standing (left to right): von Freymann, Sozin, Eremeev (organizer), Grigoriev, Zubarev, Selezniev, Kaspersky, Kutuzov, Weinstein (organizer).

## Biography

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Rabinovich was born in Vilna, Lithuania (then the Russian Empire) into a Litvak family. His parents were Itzik (Isaac) Haimovich and Leia Leibovna Rabinovich, natives of Shnipishek.[citation needed] In 1903, Rabinovich tied for 11-12th places in Kiev (3rd All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Mikhail Chigorin won). In 1908, he took 19th in Prague (Oldřich Duras and Carl Schlechter won). In 1909, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Vilna (6th All-Russian Masters' Tournament; Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1911, he tied for 19th-21st in Carlsbad (Richard Teichmann won). In 1912, he took 18th in Vilna (Hauptturnier, Karel Hromádka won).[2]

During World War I, he moved to Moscow. In 1916, he tied for 4th-5th, and was 3rd in 1918. He tied for 5th-7th at the All-Russian Chess Olympiad (retroactively recognised as the first Soviet chess championship) at Moscow 1920. The event was won by Alexander Alekhine.[3] In 1924, he finished 12th in the 3rd USSR Championship, won by Efim Bogoljubov, in Moscow.[4] In 1925, he tied for 9th-10th places in Leningrad (4th USSR Championship; Bogoljubov won),[5] and took 4th in the Moscow Championship, won by Aleksandr Sergeyev.[6] In 1926, Rabinovich won the Moscow Championship.[7] The next year, he tied for 7th-9th (Nikolai Zubarev won).[8] Rabinovich won in Moscow in 1930 and that was his final successful result.[2]

Rabinovich died in Moscow on 7 November 1943.

## See also

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* List of Jewish chess players

## References

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1. ^ Also spelled "Rabinovitch"
2. ^ a b Anders Thulin (1 September 2004). "Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables" (PDF). Malmö. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
3. ^ Alexey Popovsky. "I Championship of USSR- Moscow 4-24.10.1920". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
4. ^ Alexey Popovsky. "III Championship of USSR- Moscow 23.8-15.9.1924". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
5. ^ Alexey Popovsky. "IV Championship of USSR- 1925". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
6. ^ Alexey Popovsky. "6 Championship of Moscow- 1925". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
7. ^ Alexey Popovsky. "7 Championship of Moscow- 1926". Russian Chess Base.
8. ^ Alexey Popovsky. "8 Championship of Moscow- March-April 1927". Russian Chess Base.

## External links

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* Abram Rabinovich player profile and games at Chessgames.com