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Louis R. Eisenberg – José Raúl Capablanca
New York, 15 April 1909
Two Knights’ Defence
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 6 Bb5+ c6 7 dxc6 bxc6 8 Be2 h6 9 Nf3 e4 10 Ne5 Qd4 11 f4 Bc5 12 Rf1 Bb6 13 c3 Qd6 14 b4 Nb7 15 Qa4 Bd7 16 Na3 O-O 17 Nac4 Qc7 18 Nxd7 Nxd7 19 Qc2 Rfe8 20 a4 a5 21 Rb1 Rad8 22 Qb3 Ba7 23 Ba3 axb4 24 cxb4 c5 25 b5 Na5 26 Nxa5 Qxa5 27 Bb2 Nb6 28 Qc3 Qxc3 29 Bxc3 Nxa4 30 Be5 Bb8 31 b6 Re6 32 Bc7 Rf8 33 Bd1 Bxc7 34 bxc7 Rb6 35 Ra1 Nb2 36 Bg4 Rc6 37 c8(Q) Rfxc8 38 Bxc8 Rxc8 39 Ke2 39...Rd8 40 g3 Kh7 41 f5 Nc4 42 Ra2 Rd5 43 g4 Ne5 44 Rf4 Nd3 45 Rf1 Ne5 46 Ra4 c4 47 h3 Nf3 48 Rxc4 Rxd2+ 49 Ke3 Rh2 50 Rd1 Ng5 51 Rd8 Rxh3+ 52 Ke2 Rh2+ 53 Ke3 Rh3+ 54 Kd2 g6 55 f6 e3+ 56 Ke2 Ne6 57 Rd7 g5 58 Rxf7+ Kg6 59 Re7 Kxf6 60 Rxe6+ Kxe6 61 Re4+ Kd5 62 Rxe3 Rxe3+ 63 Kxe3 Ke5 64 White resigns.

<SBC>,
Here is a copy of the scoresheet from that game:

"Among the opponents disposed of by Edward Lasker in the western tournament at Memphis was L. R. Eisenberg, one-time member of the I. L. Rice Progressive Chess Club of Manhattan, later a resident of Chicago. but now hailing from Indiana. In Chicago, last season, Eisenberg, who won a game from Pillsbury in one of the international tournaments at Monte Carlo, defeated Lasker in a league match game, but at Memphis accounts were fully squared."

Familysearch also has an Lewis Isenberg

<m Arshak received a letter last saturday from his brother inlaw Louis Eisenberg of Odessa Russia aying that he expects to visit him his summer or Eisenberg is a chess player of International reputation and will visit this country for the purpose of participating in the chess tournament to be held in new York this sum Mer> [OCR]

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Milford Mail in Milford, Iowa
10 May 1956 p6

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Quick question - what do you make of the discrepancy in the dob, i.e. 1875 vs 1876?

Hilbert, and his WW1 card (<Tab>) both give 1876, his death certificate (<stonehenge>) gives 1875.

A poorly handwritten '5' can look like a '6' or a '3'. I assume that explains the discrepancy for the day of birth on his death certificate. (There appears to be a discrepancy between the age given for him on his marriage registration and his marriage license due to poor handwriting.)

Hilbert was quoting a chess column of Napier's. It might have been a misprint. Another possibility is that Napier was told Eisenberg's age at the Monte Carlo 1902 tournament. That event ended just before Eisenberg's 27th birthday. So if Napier was told that Eisenberg was 26 years old at the tournament he might have calculated his birth year as 1876 from that.

There is a discrepancy in that his marriage license and marriage registration both give his place of birth as Odessa (as does Napier in his write-up about him) whereas the death certificate for Lewis Isenberg gives his place of birth as Uman.

Louis Eisenberg (kibitz #84)

The 1975-03-15 typo is clearly meaning 1875-03-15, as <WilhelmThe2nd> has confirmed.

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So, do you think we have enough data to update both his dob (1875-03-15) and dod (1943-05-28)?

And to add his middle initial to R, or Raphael?

(He appeared in the literature as L.R. on more than one occasion)

As for his place of birth - I think Odessa is strongest still, but a note about Uman should be added.

Also, any chance of finding the <Pittsburgh Dispatch, 4 August 1904> that Napier published (and Hilbert used)?

(I would love to see <chessical gradgrinds> appearing in a scan!

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...)

The Odessa chess historian Sergei Tkachenko gives Eisenberg's first name as 'Leonid'. Things are slightly more confused by the fact that Eisenberg's sister gave her father's name as 'Mandel Isenberg' on a marriage document.

Incidentally, Eisenberg appears in the 1920 U.S. Census as 'Lewis R. Isenberg' living with his wife in Chicago, though some of the information given for him is wrong.

I was at the library today, and tried to find a few hits on Proquest for him. I don't think I found much, but I'll comb through it again soon.

Might be the same, or might be different.

Do we know how and when Eisenberg came to America? Voyage lists, or any NYC or Chicago family/business connections?

Also, did he ever naturalize formally?

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Just for fun I searched the chicagohistory images for all Eisenberg hits, and found an additional item, from 1940:

Regarding Eisenberg's arrival in the U.S. in 1902 to visit his sister in Iowa and his taking up a job at his brother-in-law's clothing store in Lakefield, Minnesota, here are some items from <The Milford Mail>:

<M. Arshak received a letter last Monday from his brother-in-law, Louis Eisenburg, Mrs. Arshak's brother, written from Monte Carlo, saying that he had just won the first prize in the international chess tournament, defeating the American champion, Harry Pillsbury. Mr. Eisenburg's home is in Odessa, Russia, where he is employed by a large company of English merchants. Another brother of Mrs. Arshak's was private secretary and agent for Dreyfus, the French soldier, who recently has been causing so much trouble in France, while the youngest brother is a soldier in the Russian army.> 'The Milford Mail', Mar. 27th, 1902, Page 5

<Louis Eisenburg, a brother of Mrs. M. Arshak, and the man who defeated Harry Pillsbury, the American chess champion, in Europe this spring, arrived in New York last week and he may visit here before he returns to his home in Odessa, Russia.> 'The Milford Mail', July 24th, 1902, Page 5

<M. Arshak returned Friday from his trip east. He was accompanied home by his brother in-law, Louis Eisenberg, of Odessa, Russia, who will visit in this country for some time.> 'The Milford Mail', Aug. 7th, 1902, Page 5

<M. Arshak has decided to open a branch store in Lakefield, Minnesota, and is having the goods sent up there this week. He has recently purchased a large and complete stock, and as it would have crowded the store here he put in the store at Lakefield. The business there will be in charge of his uncle, I. M. Levy, and his brother-in-law, Louis Eisenberg. The branch store at Good Thunder, Minnesota, is now looked after by Harry Arshak and S. Bernbaum. Mr. Arshak will do the right thing by the people of Lakefield if they want to do business.> 'The Milford Mail', Aug. 28th, 1902, Page 5

<Mrs. Arshak went to Lakefield, Minnesota, last Tuesday, and will spend a few days there visiting with her brother, Louis Eisenberg, who has charge of M. Arshak's store there.> 'The Milford Mail', Oct. 2nd, 1902, Page 5

<M. Arshak was transacting business at Lakefield, Minnesota, last week. He has decided to close up his Lakefield store for the present.> 'The Milford Mail', Jan. 15th, 1903, Page 5

There does not seem to be any record available online of Eisenberg's entry into the United States in 1902.