chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

RABAR, BRASLAV 0919-r3). Yugoslav player
and autbor, lnternational Master(1950). inierna
riondl Arbncr (1965). broadcaster and jolrnalist.
Nlrional .hampion in 1951, he played in three
Olympiads consecutilely lrom 1950. when he
made rhe besr ibu(h-boardscore (+8=2). ro 1954.
Rabar is bcttcr Emenbered ior his etlorls to
prnfl.tc the plpu dnr! uf ches in I n countr). He
ur! ..-c.linr nr n.nrhlv msqrTine S,Lv\Ai
6/dsnit lor Dany 'hr
ycars aDd-wro; two books on
openings, ihc list ol ihen kind in Yugoslavia. ol
sidcr importance was bn dev.lopmenl oi a
.lrseh..uun $rtem lor thc openina! (brluF)
\hr(h *s u;d n Lhe muhi.h;Eual penodrdl
(:hat tnl.rtua"t1rc 1961to 1981and lor s.vcral
pubiications in olher lountnes
RABAR CLASSTICATION, a nelhod oi index
ing openinBs i.troduced n Chess Inloffint,
1967. since when it has gradually gained sider
acceprance Ihe classidcation code has lhree
elemcnnr t)aprefix E(noslopeninesbeginningl
.,1), D (nrost ope.,ngs hcginning 1 d4). R (rhe
rest):2) lwo digits oI shich the nrn reprcscnrs a
major group ofopenines. the second a sub e.ouP:
and 3) a sufiix a. b, c. or dfor ln.ther subdiGion
For exanrple the code D41b is buill uP lhus: I d4
(D)NI6 2 c1e6 3Nc3Bb4(D4) 4Bg5(D41)h6
5 Bh4 c5 6 d5 d6 (D41b). Tbis happe.s to be lhe
blockade line of rhe LEN,NGRTD hRr^noN oi the
NrMzorrDkN DEFrNcr, but such coftespondcnce
vith a n.med variarion isincidenral Rabartriedr-o
prodnce a nretbod relaled ro lhe praciical needs oi
play and opening srudy {ithout lrying to bolster
obsolescenr jdeo..
B Rabar. (.&$,/.dr., ,l c/,6s openinssll9lt).
RABTNOVICII, ABRAM ISAAKOVICH (I8?8
19,13). play€r l.om vil.a sno setlled in Mosco*.
He played in ihc Carlsbad lourfl nentol l9l f. ihc
USSR championshipsol1920, 1923, and I925.won
lhe Moscow Cbrnpionship in 1926. and ediled a
chess column lbr s.me years in v..relnrdla
M,r{va Hc is nol kDown to be relaled to L L.
RABINOVTCE, JI YA LEONTYEVICH (1891
1942), someti,ncs called E. (Elia, Rabinovich- a
lcadine Soliet player between the two world
Wa^, chess author, school tca.her. In 191,1 he
tralelrcd to GcrnEn,y lo plal in a Haupnurniet a\
Mannhennirhe Firs World War coddenced and
he Nrs inrcrned f.r rhout rhrcc lcar. The
irternees aranged several chess tournanents and
ol rhese he son th. sixth (1916) and tied loi hist
place in fie scventh (1917). borh tioes ahcad ol
BocorruBo$. After the wai Rabnrovich son a
march againsr Ror\Novsxr in 1920 (+5=2 l)-
won or shlred lhc Leningrad chadpionship four
dnes (1920. 1925. 1928. i940), a.d entered the
USSR championshipnine limesflon 1920 to 1939,
bccomingjoint cbampion with LtvE\_Ftsq in 1934.
He died in rhe siege olLeningrad.
ld 192? Rabinovicb publishcd the 6nt book in
the Russian language devotcd exclusively to the
cndgame.ln i938 a second edition olT,(tlocopics
Nas published and lhis $as translated i.1o Dulch
ud published in rh.ee p^tts: 'lhreh-ejndspelen
(t948). Paard en lopeRihdsrcl., (1948). rnd
P i a nnenr irulspelen (.1940).
RABRAB KITATA{, strong 9lh-ccntury plaler
vhose name indicates thlt he sas lron calhry
Thc first nane is unccrtain and is sonelimcs given
as ZairaborZabzab. He wastaned as an LNDGAME
Jnrls n.rably fur hd p'oncer $ur( un lhc
rndeJm. ,o!k aqcLn{ kn ghr, n pJ cuLa. the
.ld$i. po\ roo lLhiLc Kb5,Bhl Bhc[Ka-,Nb'.
qhrh i\ h. demon{riLed $hire \huuld sin
(This position and sinihr ones were exlnnred in
nodcrn times by BERcrR. M^NDGR- and others;a
dc6nitive adalysis by compuler sas nrade i. the
RADIO CrIF]SS, games lor Nhich lhe moves .re
ftansmitlcd br radio. All ea.lyganes weie playcd
at sea. a circunstance thar suited rh. prnnitile
equipment lhen available l. June 1902 games
were played bctwee. SS cam?dxid and sS Pli
la.lehlia olcr dntanc$ up io 160 niles on lhe
Adanri. Ocean. the n(t otmany such cn.ou.tcn
The lirst radio natch ol an, consequence was
plnyed in March 1941 beNeen clubs in Moscow
lnd Leningrad. In Seprenber i9,15 the USSR
deleared the UsA (151:al), rhe 6sr important
sportinBevenr to lolloslheSecoDd World Warrnd
one rhar marked the beginnins ot Soller chcss
suprenact In 1946 theUSSRbcat Enela.d (1816),
France be.r Auslralia (s|:41), and spain beal
Orh.r f.rm\ of r:,tnr chd\s in.lLd. matchcs
played between a master in thc studio and
lnteneh. and games bc$ccn teams ol masters in
lhe studio, each lcam\ consultations being broad
casr but kept secret liom the orher rean.