Background
He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania (then Russian Empire).
He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania (then Russian Empire).
He was the elder brother of Peter Romanovsky. At the beginning of the 20th century, he played in several local tournaments in Sankt St. Petersburg.
He tied for 6–7th in 1905/06 (the 4th All-Russian Masters" Tournament, Gersz Salwe won), took 4th in 1907 (Sergey von Freymann won), took 3rd in 1908 (Quadrangular, South Lebedev won), took 3rd in 1909 (Grigory Levenfish won), and took 11th in 1911 (All-Russian Amateur Tournament, Stepan Levitsky won).