- Abram Rabinovich
Abram Rabinovich (Rabinowitsch, Rabinovitch, Rabinovitz, Rabinowicz, Rabinovici) (born 1878,
Vilna – died 1943,Moscow ) was a Lithuanian–Russian chess master.Biography
Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich was born in Vilna (Vilnius, Wilno), then Russian Empire, into a Jewish family. In 1903, he tied for 11-12th in Kiev (3rd All-Russian Masters' Tournament,
Mikhail Chigorin won). In 1908, he took 19th in Prague (Oldřich Duras andCarl Schlechter won). In 1909, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Vilna (6th RUS-ch;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). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]During
World War I , he moved to Moscow. In 1916, he tied for 4-5th, and was 3rd in 1918. He tied 5-7 at the Russian Chess Olympiad (1st URS-ch) at Moscow 1920. The event was won byAlexander Alekhine . In 1922/23 he took 10th in the Moscow City Chess Championship. In 1924, he took 12th in Moscow (3rd URS-ch;Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1924 he took 10th in the 5thMoscow City Chess Championship . In 1925, he tied for 9-10 in Leningrad (4th URS-ch; Bogoljubow won). In 1925, he took 4th in Moscow (Sergeev won). In 1926, he won the Moscow City Championship. In 1927, he tied for 7-9th in Moscow (Zubarev won). In 1930, Rabinovich won in Moscow. [ [http://www.geocities.com/al2055Km/index.html Russian Chess Base ] ]In 1943 Rabinovich starved to his death. [ [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/death.htm Deaths of Chess Players by Bill Wall ] ]
Notable chess games
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1000847 Abram Rabinovich vs Alexander Alekhine, Carlsbad 1911, Caro-Kann Defense, Advance Variation, B12, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1289639 Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Abram Rabinovich, Moscow 1920, 1st URS-ch, Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation, C77, 0-1]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1295819 Abram Rabinovich vs Sergey von Freymann, Moscow 1924, 3rd URS-ch, Zukertort Opening, Dutch Variation, A04, 1-0]External links
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=84305 chess games of Abram Rabinovich]
References
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