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Photograph of Mary Ellen Bush-Pillsbury (wearing dark red), Harry Nelson Pillsbury's wife, Page 147, Issue 38 of Womanhood, 1902.
Mary Ellen Bush and husband, Harry Nelson Pillsbury
February 20 1902
Louis Eisenberg and Harry Nelson Pillsbury in the Monte Carlo Chess Tournament of 1902. Original b/w photo by Barca, L'illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIX, No 12, March 23, 1902.
Louis Eisenberg vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Monte Carlo (1902), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 11, Feb-20
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Mason Variation (C42) 1-0
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, February 20, 1902
PILLSBURY LOSES.
Eisenberg Surprises the Champion in Eleventh Round of Chess Tourney.
Marshall Wins.
(Special to the Eagle.)
Monte Carlo. Monaco, February 20—Eisenberg, the Russian chess player, from Odessa, who, like Napier of America, is a newcomer in international chess, is for the present the center of attraction in the masters' tournament here.
Last night Eisenberg worsted Mieses of Germany in a supplementary game, and this morning he sprang a big surprise, downing Pillsbury, the American champion, in the eleventh round.
While full credit is due to the Russian, he was materially assisted toward victory through Pillsbury failing to properly estimate his strength. An energetically conducted attack, to which Pillsbury did not oppose a sufficiently careful defense, enabled Eisenberg to triumph over his noted adversary.
It was the first defeat suffered by the American since he lost to Maroczy in the opening round and came as a serious set-back to him.
The masters were paired this morning in accordance with the third pairing of the Berger schedule as follows:
Wolf vs. Maroczy, Mieses vs. Tschigorin, Schlechter vs. Mason, Napier vs. Tarrasch, Eisenberg vs. Pillsbury, Marco vs. Albin, Gunsberg vs. Regis, Teichmann vs. Mortimer, and Marshall vs. Scheve, Janowski and Popel are disengaged.
Marshall placed another point to his credit, winning a smartly played game from Scheve of Germany, and bringing his total up to 7.
Gunsberg and Teichmann also won the games with Reggio and Mortimer.
Napier has Tarrasch to deal with and has thus far played in excellent shape.
In addition to other results, reported from yesterday's sessions, the game between Albin and Tarrasch was drawn, as was the first.
There are thus four games left, to be played off at a later date, including the Teichmann-Eisenberg, Teichmann-Wolf, Teichmann-Mason and Maroczy-Tschigorin games.
