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).
Anderson died in Antioch, California, and is buried at Oak View Memorial Park in that city.
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