How to select only the records with the highest date in LINQ

If you just want the last date for each account, you'd use this:

var q = from n in table
        group n by n.AccountId into g
        select new {AccountId = g.Key, Date = g.Max(t=>t.Date)};

If you want the whole record:

var q = from n in table
        group n by n.AccountId into g
        select g.OrderByDescending(t=>t.Date).FirstOrDefault();

Here is a simple way to do it

var lastPlayerControlCommand = this.ObjectContext.PlayerControlCommands
                                .Where(c => c.PlayerID == player.ID)
                                .OrderByDescending(t=>t.CreationTime)
                                .FirstOrDefault();

Also have a look this great LINQ place - LINQ to SQL Samples

If you want the whole record,here is a lambda way:

var q = _context
             .lasttraces
             .GroupBy(s => s.AccountId)
             .Select(s => s.OrderByDescending(x => x.Date).FirstOrDefault());