Louis Eisenberg vs David Janowski (1902)

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Louis Eisenberg vs David Janowski
Monte Carlo (1902), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 6, Feb-12
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Center Attack (C84) · 0-1

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Jan-03-22		KEG: Janowski must have been exasperated that he was held to a draw (as White) against the eventual 18th place finisher Eisenberg. In this the replay, the game looked interesting until Eisenberg's very weak 29. f5 and his gross blunder on move 30. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 This is generally considered premature. But it is certainly playable. 6... exd4 7. e5 7. Re1 is arguably more prudent, but the text was a favorite of William Lombardy 7... Ne4 click for larger view 8. Re1 8. Nxd4 is most often played here. 8... Nc5 9. BxN dxB 10. Nxd4 0-0 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. f4 f6 click for larger view 14. Nf3 14. exf6 is more accurate. It appears that Eisenberg wanted to trade Queens to lessen the attacking prospects of his dangerous opponent. 14... Bg4 15. QxQ Jumping the gun on this exchange. 15. exf6 was better, but--as noted above--Eisenberg seemingly just wanted to get the Queens off the board even if his position suffered a tad as a result. 15... RaxQ 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Kf2 click for larger view 17... Ne6 A modest choice by the usually more aggressive Janowski. 17...h5 is probably stronger and is what might have been expected from Janowski. 18. Re2 Maroczy later said (according to the Tournament Book) that Eisenberg could have achieved an excellent position with 18. h3. But--the pin created notwithstanding--I see nothing much wrong with the text, especially since Eisenberg played h3 on his very next move. 18... Ng7 19. h3 Bc8 20. g4! click for larger view "White was afraid of the possibility of 20...Mf5 followed by NxB abd Bc5." (Tournament Book) 20... h5 "!"--(Tournament Book) 20...f5 and 20...Bb4 look stronger for Black. After the text, Eisenberg had, if anything, the better prospects: click for larger view Thus far, a decent performance from the low-ranking Eisenberg. From here, however, as will be seen, form prevailed: Eisenberg weakened and Janowski slowly outplayed him until Eisenberg collapsed on moves 29 and 30 and handed Janowski the game.

Jan-03-22		KEG: Post II 21. Kg3? Not only was this weak, but it was the first of many opportunities Eisenberg had to play f5. Here, 21. f5 would have given him a clear edge. Remarkably, Eisenberg continued to avoid f5 each time it was best and only made this move on his 29th turn when it was a serious mistake. With the text, Eisenberg could have gotten into immediate trouble, the position after 21. Kg3? being: click for larger view 21...Bd6! would have presented Eisenberg with serious problems. But Janowski let him off the hook with: 21... hxg4 22. hxg4 Bb4 The sort of mystery move in which Janowski sometimes indulged. 23. Bd4 RxR 24. NxR Kf7 click for larger view There was no reason at this stage to think that Eisenberg was going to lose in short order. But from here, his play--which had for the most part been pretty good--fell apart. Perhaps the move 30 time control was a contributing factot. 25. Rh1 25. f5 leaves White in decent shape, and it is hard to understand why Eisenberg ignored this fairly indicated move. 25... Be7 25...Re8 or 25...Bd5 were better ways to try to exploit Eisenberg's poor 25th move. 26. c4 "Why? Now the square d4 will be available to the enemy," (Tournament Book) While the text was hardly losing, 26. f5 would--once again--have given White the better chances. After the text, Janowski began playing the sort of tough aggressive chess of which he was capable. 26... c5! 27. Bc3 b5! 28. cxb5 28. g5 was a good alternative. 28... axb5 click for larger view 29. f5? "It is difficult to explain this move as the position is all about the idea of Rd3." (Tournament Book) In fact, the move is bad for other reasons as well. 29... Rd3? This looks strong for Black (and in practice allowed Janowski to win as a result of the coming blunder, but the killer for Bllack here was 29...Bb7! The position after 29...Rd3 was: click for larger view 30. Nc1?? "?"--(Tournament Book) White might still have been able to save the game with 30. Rh3. The text, however, loses instantly: 30... RxN+ click for larger view Ouch! Obviously, if 31. KxR Bb7+ is a crushing skewer. 0-1

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