Abram Rabinovich
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{{short description|Russian chess player}}
{{family name hatnote|Isaakovich|Rabinovich|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
Abram Isaakovich RabinovichAlso spelled "Rabinovitch" (5 January 1878 – 7 November 1943) was a Lithuanian–Russian chess player. He was champion of Moscow in 1926.
File:4th ussr chess championship 1925.JPG, 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
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|date=January 2021}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables|author=Anders Thulin|location=Malmö|date=1 September 2004|accessdate=23 June 2016 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archivedate=4 July 2007 }}
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.{{Cite web|last=Alexey Popovsky|title=I Championship of USSR- Moscow 4-24.10.1920|url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1920/ch_urs20.html|access-date=22 January 2021|website=Russian Chess Base}} In 1924, he finished 12th in the 3rd USSR Championship, won by Efim Bogoljubov, in Moscow.{{cite web |author=Alexey Popovsky |url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1924/ch_urs24.html|title=III Championship of USSR- Moscow 23.8-15.9.1924|access-date=22 January 2021|website=Russian Chess Base}} In 1925, he tied for 9th-10th places in Leningrad (4th USSR Championship; Bogoljubov won),{{cite web |author=Alexey Popovsky |url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1925/ch_urs25.html|title=IV Championship of USSR- 1925|access-date=22 January 2021|website=Russian Chess Base}} and took 4th in the Moscow Championship, won by Aleksandr Sergeyev.{{cite web |author=Alexey Popovsky|url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub/1925/ch_mos25.html|title=6 Championship of Moscow- 1925|access-date=22 January 2021|website=Russian Chess Base}} In 1926, Rabinovich won the Moscow Championship.{{cite web |author=Alexey Popovsky |url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub/1926/ch_mos26.html|title=7 Championship of Moscow- 1926|website=Russian Chess Base}} The next year, he tied for 7th-9th (Nikolai Zubarev won).{{cite web |author=Alexey Popovsky |url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub/1927/ch_mos27.html |title=8 Championship of Moscow- March-April 1927|website=Russian Chess Base}} Rabinovich won in Moscow in 1930 and that was his final successful result.
Rabinovich died in Moscow on 7 November 1943.
See also
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Category:Chess players from the Russian Empire