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. In 1903, Rabinovich tied for 11-12th places 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 All-Russian Masters' Tournament;
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). 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 (retroactively recognised as the first
Soviet chess championship) at Moscow 1920. The event was won by
Alexander Alekhine. In 1924, he finished 12th in the 3rd USSR Championship, won by
Efim Bogoljubow, in Moscow. In 1925, he tied for 9th-10th places in Leningrad (4th USSR Championship; Bogoljubow won), 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 (
Nikolai Zubarev won). Rabinovich won in Moscow in 1930 and that was his final successful result. Rabinovich died in
Moscow on 7 November 1943. ==See also==