Louis Eisenberg: Difference between revisions

He was born in [[OdessaOdesa]] in 1876. After graduating from Nicholas College, he pursued journalism until, in 1901-1902, he won a chess tournament at OdessaOdesa 1901, and journeyed to [[Monte Carlo]] to participate in the international masters’ tournament played there under the auspices of the Cercle des Etrangers in 1902. He gave quick coverage of this tournament in ''Odesskiya Novosti''.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://sbchess.sinfree.net/MonteCarlo1902_players.html |title=The 1902 International Chess Tournament of Monte Carlo - the players<!-- Bot generated title -->] |access-date=2008-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324224340/http://sbchess.sinfree.net/MonteCarlo1902_players.html |archive-date=2018-03-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Eisenberg took 18th place, although his victory on this occasion over [[Harry Nelson Pillsbury]] was his best effort. The event was won by [[Géza Maróczy]].<ref>[http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1902montecarlo.htm montec<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Coming from within a few hours ride of Kishinev, after anti-Semitic [[Chișinău pogrom (1903)|Kishinev pogrom]] on 6–7 April 1903, he had decided to emigrate to the United States. The August 16, 1903 ''[[New York Tribune]]'' wrote that "Louis R. Eisenberg (..) who recently played for Chicago in the telegraphic match against the Brooklyn Chess Club has made [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburg]] his home." He also played

in matches Chicago CC vs. Twin Cities CC in 1904, and Brooklyn CC vs. Rice CC New York in 1909.<ref>[http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ |date=2006-04-14 }}</ref>

Eisenberg shared 5th at St. Louis 1904 (the 7th [[American Chess Congress]], [[Frank James Marshall]] won).<ref>[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/marshall/tournaments/index.html The Frank James Marshall Electronic Archive and Museum: Tournament and Match Record<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He participated in the New York State Chess Association championship in 1909, finishing in a three -way tie for first with Clarence S. Howell and H. Zirn. The three had a playoff and Howell won.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://wwwsicherman.monmouth.com/~colonelnet/chess/nyschamps.html |title=New York State Chess Champions 1878–1972<!-- Bot generated title -->] |access-date=2023-04-20 }}</ref> This and a game against [[José Raúl Capablanca]] which was played in New York City indicate that Eisenberg was probably living there in 1909.<ref>[http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter25.html Chess Notes by Edward Winter<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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