Abram Rabinovich

Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich[1] (5 January 1878 – 7 November 1943) was a Lithuanian–Russian chess player.

Rabinovich was born in Vilna, Lithuania (then the Russian Empire) into a Litvak family.

His parents were Itzik (Isaac) Haimovich and Leia Leibovna Rabinovich, natives of Shnipishek.

[citation needed] In 1903, Rabinovich tied for 11-12th places in Kiev (3rd All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Mikhail Chigorin won).

In 1909, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Vilna (6th All-Russian Masters' Tournament; Akiba Rubinstein won).

Photograph of the participants of the fourth USSR Chess Championship in 1925
The participants of the fourth USSR Chess Championship in 1925.
Sitting (left to right): Vilner , Levenfish , Rokhlin (organizer), Gotthilf , I. Rabinovich , Bogolyubov (winner), Ilyin-Genevsky , Duz-Khotimirsky , Romanovsky , Sergeyev , Nenarokov , Verlinsky , A. Rabinovich.
Standing (left to right): von Freymann , Sozin , Eremeev (organizer), Grigoriev , Zubarev , Selezniev , Kaspersky , Kutuzov , Weinstein (organizer).