James Allan Anderson | |
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Country | United States |
Born | 28 January 1906 |
Died | 23 December 1991 Antioch, United States | (aged 85)
James Allan Anderson (28 June 1906 – 23 December 1991) was an American chess player.
James Allan Anderson was a three-time St. Louis Chess Champion who defeated Alexander Alekhine in a simultaneous exhibition in 1929.[1] He finished second in the 1929 Western Chess Association Championship (ahead of Herman Steiner, Norman Whitaker and Samuel Factor).[2]
James Allan Anderson played for United States in the Chess Olympiad:[3]
Anderson finished fourth at the 1931 Western Chess Association Championship in Tulsa[4] and won the St. Louis championship in 1932 with 8½ from 9, before disappearing from the chess world at the age of 26.
Anderson died in Antioch, California, and is buried at Oak View Memorial Park in that city.[5]