Abram Rabinovich

Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich was a Lithuanian–Russian chess player. He was champion of Moscow in 1926.

Biography

Rabinovich was born in Vilna, Lithuania into a Litvak family. His parents were Itzik Haimovich and Leia Leibovna Rabinovich, natives of Shnipishek. In 1903, Rabinovich tied for 11-12th places in Kiev. In 1908, he took 19th in Prague. In 1909, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Vilna. In 1911, he tied for 19th-21st in Carlsbad. In 1912, he took 18th in Vilna.
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 at Moscow 1920. The event was won by Alexander Alekhine. In 1924, he finished 12th in the 3rd USSR Championship, won by Efim Bogoljubov, in Moscow. In 1925, he tied for 9th-10th places in Leningrad, and took 4th in the Moscow Championship, won by Aleksandr Sergeyev. In 1926, Rabinovich won the Moscow Championship. The next year, he tied for 7th-9th. Rabinovich won in Moscow in 1930 and that was his final successful result.
Rabinovich died in Moscow on 7 November 1943.