Biography.guide
Home › People › Chess player › Frida Rabinovich
Portrait of Frida Rabinovich

Frida Rabinovich

b. 1950

Israeli chess player

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Frida Rabinovich

Born 1950. Frida Rabinovich is an Israeli chess player.

Frida Schahar-Rabinovich (née Rabinovich; ; born 17 March 1950), is an Israeli chess player. She is a winner the Israeli Women's Chess Championship.

Biography Frida Schahar-Rabinovich was born and raised in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her father, who ran a furniture chain, taught her and her older sister, Sima, to play chess. In 1966, she immigrated to Israel with her family and lived in the southern Tzahala in Tel Aviv. She studied Hebrew in a studio at Kibbutz Merhavia.

At the 1967 Israeli Women's Chess Championship, Frida Schahar-Rabinovich finished second with outgoing champion Clara Friedman after her older sister, Sima Rabinovich.

In the Israeli Women's Chess Championship that ended in January 1970, Frida Schahar-Rabinovich won the title, a host who won with all her might and scored 12 points.

Frida Schahar-Rabinovich played for Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiad: In 1972, at first board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+2, =4, -3).

Frida Schahar-Rabinovich worked as a chemical laboratory worker in the Plant Protection Division of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Literature Игорь Бердичевский. Шахматная еврейская энциклопедия. Москва: Русский шахматный дом, 2016 (Gad Berdichevsky. The Chess Jewish Encyclopedia. Moscow: Russian Chess House, 2016, p. 201)

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Also known as
Frida Schahar-Rabinovich

People in Frida Rabinovich's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Frida Rabinovich's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Frida Rabinovich?

Israeli chess player

When was Frida Rabinovich born?

Frida Rabinovich was born on 17 March 1950 in Lithuania, Vilnius.

What is Frida Rabinovich's occupation?

Frida Rabinovich is a chess player.

What nationality is Frida Rabinovich?

Frida Rabinovich is Israeli.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Frida Rabinovich

· Wikidata: Q64167468

· DBpedia: Frida Schahar-Rabinovich

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Frida Rabinovich. https://biography.guide/frida-rabinovich/

MLA: "Frida Rabinovich." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/frida-rabinovich/.

Chicago: "Frida Rabinovich." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/frida-rabinovich/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:25 UTC