Ilya Rabinovich
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Ilya Rabinovich (Rabinowitsch, Rabinovitch, Rabinovitz, Rabinowicz, Rabinovici) ' onMouseout='HidePop("88345")' href="/topics/Saint_Petersburg">Saint Petersburg
– April 23, 1942, Perm
) was a Russian chess
master.
won).
In July/August 1914 he played in Mannheim
(19th DSB Congress), and tied for 2nd-3rd in interrupted Hauptturnier A (B. Hallegua won). After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven "Russian" players (Alekhine
, Bogoljubow
, Bogatyrchuk
, Flamberg
, Koppelman, Maliutin, Rabinovich, Romanovsky
, Saburov
, Selesniev
, Weinstein) from the Mannheim tournament were interned by Germany. In September 1914 four of them (Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Saburov, and Koppelman) were freed and allowed, through Switzerland
, to return home. The Russian internees played eight tournaments, the first in Baden-Baden
(1914) and all the others in Triberg im Schwarzwald
(1914–1917). Ilya Rabinovich was 3rd in Baden-Baden (Alexander Flamberg
won), took 2nd at Triberg 1914/15, took 2nd at Triberg 1915, took 3rd at Triberg 1915, tied for 2nd-3rd at Triberg 1915, took 2nd at Triberg 1915/16 (all tournaments were won by Efim Bogoljubow
). In 1916 Rabinovich won in the Triberg chess tournament
, and he tied for 1st with Selezniev
at Triberg 1917.
After World War I
, Rabinovich returned to St Petersburg (Petrograd, Leningrad). In 1920 he won the Petrograd chess championship
. In 1920 he took 4th in Moscow (Russian Chess "Olympiad", 1st URS-ch). The event was won by Alexander Alekhine
. In 1922 he took 2nd, behind Levenfish, in the Petrograd championship. In 1923 he tied for 7-8th in Leningrad (2nd URS-ch, Peter Romanovsky
won). In 1923 he won in Novgorod. In 1924 he took 2nd, behind Levenfish, in the Leningrad championship. In 1924 he took 5th in Moscow (3rd URS-ch; Bogoljubow won).
In 1925 Ilya Rabinovich became the first Soviet player to compete outside the USSR. He played at Baden-Baden, Germany and took 7th place. The event was won by Alekhine. In 1925 he tied for 1st-4th in the Leningrad championship. In 1925 he took 3rd in Leningrad (4th URS-ch; Bogoljubow won). In 1925 he took 16th in Moscow (1st it; Bogoljubow won). In 1926, he won in Leningrad. In 1926 he tied for 2nd-3rd in Leningrad (Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky won).
In 1927 Rabinovich wrote the first original book in the Russian language devoted to the endgame. In 1927 he tied for 10-12th in Moscow (5th URS-ch). The event was won by Fedor Bohatirchuk and Romanovsky. In 1928, he won the Leningrad championship. In 1933 he tied for 3rd-5th in Leningrad (8 th URS-ch; Mikhail Botvinnik
won). In 1934/35 Rabinovich shared 1st place with Grigory Levenfish
in Leningrad (9th URS-ch). In 1935, he tied for 11-14th in Moscow (2nd it). The event was won by Botvinnik and Salo Flohr
.
In 1937 he tied for 10-12th in Tbilisi (10th URS-ch; Levenfish won). In 1938, he tied for 3rd-4th in Leningrad (URS-ch sf). In January 1939 he tied for 7-8th in Leningrad–Moscow (it; Flohr won). In 1939 he tied for 11-12th in Leningrad (11th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1939 he took 7th in the Leningrad championship (Georgy Lisitsin
won). In 1940 he won the Leningrad championship. In June 1941 he played in interrupted semifinal of the USSR Chess Championship
in Roston-on-Don.
Rabinovich was taken ill during the siege of Leningrad
. He was evacuated but died of malnutrition in a hospital in Perm.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
– April 23, 1942, Perm
Perm
Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
) was a Russian chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
Biography
In 1911 Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich tied for 1st with Platz in Saint Petersburg. In 1912 he tied for 4-5th in Vilna (Hauptturnier; Karel HromádkaKarel Hromádka
Karel Hromádka was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 ....
won).
In July/August 1914 he played in Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
(19th DSB Congress), and tied for 2nd-3rd in interrupted Hauptturnier A (B. Hallegua won). After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven "Russian" players (Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
, Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...
, Bogatyrchuk
Fedor Bogatyrchuk
Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk was a Ukrainian-Canadian International Master of chess, and an...
, Flamberg
Alexander Flamberg
Alexander Flamberg was a Polish chess master.-Biography:Alexander Davidovich Flamberg born in Warsaw , spent his early years in England, where he learnt to play chess. After return to Warsaw, he became one of the strongest Polish chess players. In 1900, he took 2nd, behind Salomon Langleben, in...
, Koppelman, Maliutin, Rabinovich, Romanovsky
Peter Romanovsky
Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky was a Russian chess International Master, International Arbiter, and author.-Biography:At the beginning of his career in Sankt Petersburg, he shared fourth place in 1908 , tied for 10-11th in 1909 , took second place behind Smorodsky in 1913, and shared first with...
, Saburov
Peter Petrovich Saburov
Peter Petrovich Saburov was a Russian chess master and organizer.He was a son of Peter Alexandrovich Saburov, a diplomat and chess organizer. The November 1911 American Chess Bulletin wrote: "Peter Petrovich Saburov, President of the far-famed St Petersburg Chess Club was born in St Petersburg on...
, Selesniev
Alexey Selezniev
Alexey Selezniev was a Russian chess master....
, Weinstein) from the Mannheim tournament were interned by Germany. In September 1914 four of them (Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Saburov, and Koppelman) were freed and allowed, through Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, to return home. The Russian internees played eight tournaments, the first in Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...
(1914) and all the others in Triberg im Schwarzwald
Triberg im Schwarzwald
Triberg im Schwarzwald is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in the Black Forest. As of 2004 it has a population of 5,377. Triberg lies in the middle of the Black Forest between 500 and 1038 metres above sea level....
(1914–1917). Ilya Rabinovich was 3rd in Baden-Baden (Alexander Flamberg
Alexander Flamberg
Alexander Flamberg was a Polish chess master.-Biography:Alexander Davidovich Flamberg born in Warsaw , spent his early years in England, where he learnt to play chess. After return to Warsaw, he became one of the strongest Polish chess players. In 1900, he took 2nd, behind Salomon Langleben, in...
won), took 2nd at Triberg 1914/15, took 2nd at Triberg 1915, took 3rd at Triberg 1915, tied for 2nd-3rd at Triberg 1915, took 2nd at Triberg 1915/16 (all tournaments were won by Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...
). In 1916 Rabinovich won in the Triberg chess tournament
Triberg chess tournament
The Triberg chess tournament constitutes a series of chess tournaments, held in Triberg im Schwarzwald during World War I.Eleven players from the Russian Empire, who participated in the interrupted Mannheim 1914 chess tournament, were interned in Rastatt, Germany, after the declaration of war...
, and he tied for 1st with Selezniev
Alexey Selezniev
Alexey Selezniev was a Russian chess master....
at Triberg 1917.
After World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, Rabinovich returned to St Petersburg (Petrograd, Leningrad). In 1920 he won the Petrograd chess championship
Leningrad City Chess Championship
The Leningrad City Chess Championship is a chess tournament held officially in the city of Leningrad, Russia starting from 1920. The city was called Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, then Leningrad until 1991, and Saint Petersburg afterwards...
. In 1920 he took 4th in Moscow (Russian Chess "Olympiad", 1st URS-ch). The event was won by Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
. In 1922 he took 2nd, behind Levenfish, in the Petrograd championship. In 1923 he tied for 7-8th in Leningrad (2nd URS-ch, Peter Romanovsky
Peter Romanovsky
Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky was a Russian chess International Master, International Arbiter, and author.-Biography:At the beginning of his career in Sankt Petersburg, he shared fourth place in 1908 , tied for 10-11th in 1909 , took second place behind Smorodsky in 1913, and shared first with...
won). In 1923 he won in Novgorod. In 1924 he took 2nd, behind Levenfish, in the Leningrad championship. In 1924 he took 5th in Moscow (3rd URS-ch; Bogoljubow won).
In 1925 Ilya Rabinovich became the first Soviet player to compete outside the USSR. He played at Baden-Baden, Germany and took 7th place. The event was won by Alekhine. In 1925 he tied for 1st-4th in the Leningrad championship. In 1925 he took 3rd in Leningrad (4th URS-ch; Bogoljubow won). In 1925 he took 16th in Moscow (1st it; Bogoljubow won). In 1926, he won in Leningrad. In 1926 he tied for 2nd-3rd in Leningrad (Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky won).
In 1927 Rabinovich wrote the first original book in the Russian language devoted to the endgame. In 1927 he tied for 10-12th in Moscow (5th URS-ch). The event was won by Fedor Bohatirchuk and Romanovsky. In 1928, he won the Leningrad championship. In 1933 he tied for 3rd-5th in Leningrad (8 th URS-ch; Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, Ph.D. was a Soviet and Russian International Grandmaster and three-time World Chess Champion. Working as an electrical engineer and computer scientist at the same time, he was one of the very few famous chess players who achieved distinction in another career while...
won). In 1934/35 Rabinovich shared 1st place with Grigory Levenfish
Grigory Levenfish
Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish was a leading Jewish Russian chess grandmaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was twice Soviet champion - in 1934 and 1937. In 1937 he tied a match against future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik...
in Leningrad (9th URS-ch). In 1935, he tied for 11-14th in Moscow (2nd it). The event was won by Botvinnik and Salo Flohr
Salo Flohr
Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr was a leading Czech and later Soviet chess grandmaster of the mid-20th century, who became a national hero in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. His name was used to sell many of the luxury products of the time, including Salo Flohr cigarettes, slippers and eau-de-cologne...
.
In 1937 he tied for 10-12th in Tbilisi (10th URS-ch; Levenfish won). In 1938, he tied for 3rd-4th in Leningrad (URS-ch sf). In January 1939 he tied for 7-8th in Leningrad–Moscow (it; Flohr won). In 1939 he tied for 11-12th in Leningrad (11th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1939 he took 7th in the Leningrad championship (Georgy Lisitsin
Georgy Lisitsin
Georgy Lisitsin was a Russian chess master.He won thrice Leningrad City Chess Championship in 1933/34 , 1939 and 1947 . He participated many times in USSR Chess Championship. His best result was in 1933 when he shared 3rd...
won). In 1940 he won the Leningrad championship. In June 1941 he played in interrupted semifinal of the USSR Chess Championship
USSR Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners...
in Roston-on-Don.
Rabinovich was taken ill during the siege of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad
The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad, now known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. It started on 8 September 1941, when the last...
. He was evacuated but died of malnutrition in a hospital in Perm.