If you never heard of James Allan Anderson (June 28, 1906 – December 23, 1991, 85 years old), a three-time St. Louis Chess Champion who defeated Alexander Alekhine in a simultaneous exhibition in 1929, you are not the only one.
In the 1929 Western Chess Association Championship (US Open) Finals held in St. Louis, Missouri, Anderson tied for second with stalwarts Herman Steiner and Norman Whitaker behind Harold Hahlbohm.
In 1930, at reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg, won by Poland (Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiorka, Frydman), Anderson scored +3 -7 =7. The US team consisted of Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, Harold Phillips, Herman Steiner and Anderson; the team finished 6th (out of 18 teams).
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (July 31, 1930 edition) mentioned that in view of the fact that Anderson lost all of his last five games it was clear that “the severe strain of the long grind was too much for him.” Is that a hint at the reason he disappeared two years later
Anderson finished fourth (score 5.5-3.5) at the 1931 Western Chess Association Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event was won by Samuel Reshevsky followed by Samuel Factor and Norman Whitaker. Anderson lost only to Reshevsky and Factor.
Anderson won the St. Louis championship in 1932 with an5.5-0.5 score and then he seems to have disappeared at the age of 26.
His opponent in the following game was Ilmari Rahm (1888-1939) a Finnish doctor, chess player and journalist. Somerime in the 1890s Rahm’s parents moved to Helsinki, where he spent most of his life.
After receiving his medical degree he served in the Finnish army as a navy medical captain from 1918 until 1921.
After Rahmi's health began to falter during 1929, he gradually had to give up all things associated with chess. As a result of his poor health he only scored 3.5-10.5 at Hamburg.
Ilmari Rahm–James Allan Anderson0–1D37Hamburg Olympiad3Hamburg GER15.07.1930Stockfish 15
D37: Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3 d5 4.f3 bd7 5.e3 e7 6.c2 0-0 7.d3 dxc4 8.xc4 c5 9.0-0 a6 This is considered best even
today. 9...cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.d3 d7 12.g5 h6 13.e3 bd5 was
quickly drawn in Kurajica,B (2520)-Cvetkovic,S (2470) Cetinje YUG 1991 10.a4 b6 11.d1 b7 12.g5 This move serves no purpose and only loses time. 12.dxc5 also favors black after xc5 13.b3 c7 Better was 13...b5 with a
slight advantage. 14.b2 e5 15.xe5 xe5 16.d5 equals. Dzhumaev,M (2428)
-Malygin,V (1995) Almaty KAZ 2019 12.d5 results in equal chances after exd5 13.xd5 xd5 14.xd5 xd5 15.xd5 12...h6 Evidently white thought
he has induced black into weakening his K's position with this move, but that
is not the case because white is in no positiob to take advantage of it after
the better 13.Nf3 13.h3 The N is badly misplaced here. c7 14.e2
Another time wasting move, but his position is already showing that he has
difficulties. 14.d5 e5 15.b3 xc4 16.bxc4 exd5 17.cxd5 d6 leaves
white in difficulties. 14.e2 d6 15.f4 cxd4 16.exd4 fe8 17.e3 g4
with the initiative. 14...d6 15.f4 cxd4 16.xd4 Recapturing with the P
was not much bvetter...black would also have had a very active position. c5 17.c4 Thgis is a gross oversight. Retreating to d1 was better although
black would still have had the upper hand. d5 18.xd5 exd5 19.b4 19.c3 is met by e4 20.f2 20.d3 xe3+ winning the Q 20...xc3 winning the exchange. 19...dxc4 20.bxc5 xc5 21.g4 Black has a R+P
against a B so it's obvious that he is winning. Therefore white throws
everything into a desperate attack. d5 22.f5 22.xc4 fe8 23.f5 ac8 24.xc5 xc5 is hopeless for white. 22.g5 xe3 23.xe3 xe3+ 24.g2 c5 25.gxh6 ad8 26.g5 26.hxg7 d2 27.gxf8+ xf8 28.xc4 xe2+ wins
immediately. 26...d3 and white's attempted attack is over. 22...c3 23.xc5 xc5 24.xc4 White has managed to reach an ending the exchange down,
but his position is devoid of any counterplay and so he is lost as long as
black plays carefully. b5 25.a3 25.axb5 axb5 26.xa8 xa8 27.xb5 a1
wins the B 25...fc8 26.b4 26.axb5 axb5 27.b2 27.xc5 xa1+ 28.f1 xc5 27...bxc4 Black is a full R up. 26...5xa4 26...bxc4 27.xc3 e8 would also secure the win. 27.d3 a5 28.a3 b4 29.f5 29.c1 c5 30.f5 b3 wraps it up. 29...bxa3 30.xc8 xc8 31.xa3 c5 32.f2 b2
Prevents Nd3. 33.g2 a4 34.h4 b5 35.a2 a3 36.e4 c4 37.f3 xe4! This finally convinced white to resign. to resign. 37...xe4 38.xe4 c3+ 0–1
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