| Jan-17-05 | | DanielBryant: Anybody have any info on this guy? |
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Jan-17-05
 | | keypusher: (1) His son Paul clobbered me in a simul in England in 1990 or so. (2) Fischer quotes him in 60MG.
(3) Er, that's it. |
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| Jun-01-05 | | Stefan Lukke: As far as i know John plays for Liverpool Chess Club Quoted in one of Kasparov's "My Great Predecessors" books. He is a really great guy to talk to. |
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| Jun-01-05 | | offramp: If he was mentioned in 60MG and in one of the MGP books that is a weird record for a non-Grandmaster. Here is my favourite game of his, Miles vs P Littlewood, 1984. |
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| Jun-01-05 | | WMD: Litlewood, it seems, was first into print with the winning 30.Nh4! in the game Fischer vs Leonid Stein, 1967, and Fischer gives him the credit in MSMG. OMGP-IV follows suit. |
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| Jun-29-05 | | Stefan Lukke: <offramp> You have the wrong Littlewood. It is John not Paul. P.S. Sorry i'm late i've been away. |
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Jan-25-06
 | | BlueMooner: I met & spoke with John Littlewood this evening. He stills plays & is in good health. He was playing the 1 Board for Skelmersdale vs Atherton (I was Board 5 & won...but that's incidental) He beat our Number One handsomely playing the Caro-Kann as black (e4 - c6) and we lost the overall match 3-. Absolute gem of a guy he was amiable and happily talked chess with us mortals unlike some 'stars' of the game I have met. He mentioned that he is soon due to play in Dresden in a forthcoming European Seniors Tournament he mentioned representing England. I only looked him up om here tonight after meeting this evening and I can definitely say he is a top fella; to the extent that he asked me to phone him for any future advice! Hope this helps. Blue |
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| Jul-23-06 | | biglo: According to a book by Martin Beheim, Littlewood was a Lincolnshire school teacher nicknamed "Little Tal" among British players. |
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Jul-23-06
 | | ray keene: <blue mooner> i played john, norman and paul littlewood ( john and norman were brothers-paul =son of john) i think a total of 7 times--all great guys tho norman is sadly dead.
do you happen to have the moves of littewoods caro kann win or at least the opening moves-i never knew he played the caro kann and i am curious! |
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| Jul-23-06 | | biglo: Ray I was just about to post links to Paul E Littlewood and Norman Littlewood
:-) |
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Jul-23-06
| | ray keene: <Bisguier vs J Littlewood> if you want to see a truly rousing and typical win by john this is the one! |
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Jul-23-06
| | ray keene: and if anyone wants to see a genius game by norman littlewood who was amazingly talented but erratic see norman littlewod v lengyel hastings 1964 i think it was-fabulous game!! |
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| Dec-07-06 | | Monoceros: My first thought when I stumbled across "J. Littlewood" was that it maybe was the mathematician J. E. Littlewood. But he died in 1977 and his middle name, I have just found out, is "Edensor". |
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May-25-07
 | | whiteshark: Happy Birthday ! |
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Sep-16-09
| | ray keene: apparently john sadly died this morning-i am now working on a suitable tribute for the times |
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Sep-18-09
 | | Beancounter: I met John Littlewood and knew him through the Merseyside leagues. He was actually a lecturer in further education in Liverpool. He never became a full time pro but managed to achieve the rank of FM. Brilliant attacking player. I played him once in a correspondence game. He crushed me of course. I'm sorry to hear he's gone. |
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Sep-18-09
 | | pawn to QB4: Me too. As a youngster I heard him lecture in Manchester...my friends and I came out inspired: it was the first time a master had taken us through a game and shown us the depth of thought that's going on during a top class game. For years afterwards he took the time to judge the best game competition at my club - I shudder to think of the sort of stuff we sent him to wade through. I had the great privilege of playing him twice: first time, he took it lightly and I won, don't ask me how. In the return, I lasted 16 moves...don't ask. |
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Sep-26-09
| | whiteshark: Malcolm Pein on the sad news of the death of John Littlewood:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/mal... |
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Mar-05-11
 | | Phony Benoni: Probably his most famous game is this loss: J Littlewood vs Botvinnik, 1962 Littlewood unleashed one of his brilliant attacks, and seemingly had the win in his grasp. But Botvinnik saved himself by a tiny finesse, later admitting he was only 50% sure at the time that he would survive. |
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| Mar-05-11 | | Lennonfan: Just been through some of this mans games,excellent tactical nous,apparently a gentleman also,and very sad to hear he's passed on..i hadn't even heard of him till today,but may he rest in peace.... |
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