James Allan Anderson (chess player) explained

James Allan Anderson
Country:	United States
Birth Date:	28 January 1906
Death Place:	Antioch, United States

James Allan Anderson (28 June 1906 – 23 December 1991) was an American chess player.

Biography

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]

• In 1930, at reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+3, =7, -7).

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]

External links

• • James Allan Anderson chess games at 365chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alexander Alekhine vs James Allan Anderson (1929). www.chessgames.com.
2. Web site: US Open 1929, St. Louis = 30th Western Champ.. www.chessgames.com.
3. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: James Allan Anderson. www.olimpbase.org.
4. Web site: US Open 1931, Tulsa = 32nd Western Champ.. www.chessgames.com.
5. Web site: Chess Room Newsletter #795. February 19, 2019. Mechanics' Institute.