Background
Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich was born in Vilnius, Lithuania (then occupied by the Russian Empire) into a Litvak family.
Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich was born in Vilnius, Lithuania (then occupied by the Russian Empire) into a Litvak family.
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 United Research Services-ch) at Moscow 1920.
In 1922/23 he took 10th in the Moscow City Chess Championship.
In 1924 he took 10th in the 5th Moscow City Chess Championship. In 1943 Rabinovich starved to his death.
Abram Rabinovich vs Alexander Alekhine, Carlsbad 1911, Caro-Kann Defense, Advance Variation, B12, 1-0
Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Abram Rabinovich, Moscow 1920, 1st United Research Services-ch, Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation, C77, 0-1
Abram Rabinovich vs Sergey von Freymann, Moscow 1924, 3rd United Research Services-ch, Zukertort Opening, Dutch Variation, A04, 1-0.
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 and Carl Schlechter won). In 1909, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Vilna (6th RUS-church 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). The event was won by Alexander Alekhine. In 1924, he took 12th in Moscow (3rd United Research Services-church Efim Bogoljubov won). In 1925, he tied for 9-10 in Leningrad (4th United Research Services-church Bogoljubow won). In 1925, he took 4th in Moscow (Aleksandr Sergeyev won). In 1926, he won the Moscow City Championship. In 1927, he tied for 7-9th in Moscow (Nikolai Zubarev won). In 1930, Rabinovich won in Moscow.
