Ilya Rabinovich
Ilya Rabinovich Leontyevich (Russian Илья Леонтьевич Рабинович, scientific transliteration Il'ja Leont'evič Rabinovič; * May 23, 1891 in Saint Petersburg, † 1942 in Perm or † April 23, 1942 in Kirov ) was a Russian- Soviet chess master.
Rabinovich, a teacher by profession, was in the years 1910-1912 an aspiring young players at the St. Petersburg Chess Club, where he achieved numerous successes. 1911 and 1912 he took part in the championship of Russia. In 1914, he represented his club in Mannheim in the congress of the German Chess Federation and won the main tournament, which he won the championship title. During the tournament, the First World War broke out and the Russian players, including Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogolyubov, Alexei Seleznev, among others, were interned. During the internment of Russian masters organized numerous private tournaments that Rabinovich participated with great success. After the war, Rabinovich returned to his hometown and became one of the leading players of Leningrad. He also helped the functionary and publicist active in setting up the chess life in the Soviet Union, the newly founded. Among other things, he led the chess part of the Leningradskaya Pravda published numerous chess books. From his final book, some studies are known.
1925 Rabinovich was the first Soviet master who took part in a tournament abroad: he was in Baden -Baden seventh. Four times he was master of Leningrad and Petrograd: 1920, 1925, 1928 and 1940 / 41st He participated in eight USSR Championships, while his greatest sporting achievements in 1934 came when he was together with Grigori lion fish USSR champion. He took in 1925 and 1934 on the first two international tournaments in Moscow. During the siege of Leningrad in 1942, he was evacuated to Perm due to malnutrition and died in hospital.
Works (selection)
- Final, Leningrad 1928 ( More editions 1938 and 1939)
- Debjut [Opening ], Leningrad 1931