Abram Rabinovich

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Abram Rabinovich (Rabinowitsch, Rabinovitch, Rabinovitz, Rabinowicz, Rabinovici) (born 1878, Vilna – died 1943, Moscow) was a Russian chess master.

[edit] Biography

Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich was born in Vilna (Vilnius, Wilno), then Russia. In 1903, he tied for 11-12th in Kiev (3rd RUS-ch; 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 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).

During WW I Abram Rabinovich moved to Moscow. In 1916, he tied for 4-5th, and was 3rd in 1918. He tied for 5-7th at Russian Chess Olympiad (1st URS-ch) at Moscow 1920. The event was won by Alexander Alekhine. In 1924, he took 12th in Moscow (3rd URS-ch; Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1925, he tied for 9-10th in Leningrad (4th URS-ch; Bogoljubow won). In 1925, he took 4th in Moscow (Sergeev won). In 1926, he won in Moscow. In 1927, he tied for 7-9th in Moscow (Zubarev won). In 1930, Rabinovich won in Moscow.

[edit] Notable chess games

• Abram Rabinovich vs Alexander Alekhine, Carlsbad 1911, Caro-Kann Defense, Advance Variation, B12, 1-0
• Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Abram Rabinovich, Moscow 1920, 1st URS-ch, Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation, C77, 0-1
• Abram Rabinovich vs Sergey von Freymann, Moscow 1924, 3rd URS-ch, Zukertort Opening, Dutch Variation, A04, 1-0