Abram Khavin

Abram Leonidovich Khavin (1914 – January 19, 1974, Kiev) was a Ukrainian chess master.

In 1937, he took 6th in Kiev (9th UKR-ch, Fedor Bogatyrchuk won).^[1] In 1938, he tied for 4-6th in Kiev (10th UKR-ch, Isaac Boleslavsky won).^[2]

During World War II, he won in Lvov in 1940 (West UKR-ch);^[3] In 1940, he also took 10th in Kiev (12th UKR-ch, Boleslavsky won)^[4] and took 11th in Kiev (USSR-ch, sf).^[5] In June 1941, he played in interrupted (because of the German–Soviet war) tournament in Rostov-on-Don (USSR-ch, sf).^[6] In 1944 he shared 1st in Omsk (USSR-ch, sf).^[7] and tied for 11-13th in Moscow (13th USSR-ch, Mikhail Botvinnik won).^[8]

After the war, he tied for 5-8th at Kiev 1948 (17th UKR-ch, Alexey Sokolsky won).^[9] In 1951 he took 6th in Kiev (USSR-ch, qf).^[10] In 1952 he took 7th in Kiev (USSR-ch, qf).^[11] In 1954 he won in Kiev (23rd UKR-ch).^[12]

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