John Eric Littlewood
Number of games in database: 160
Years covered: 1952 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2137
Highest rating achieved in database: 2380
Overall record: +53 -65 =42 (46.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (19)      B22 B28 B80 B27 B90  Ruy Lopez (11)      C91 C73 C78 C71 C74  French Defense (8)      C05 C02 C12 C19 C07  Bird's Opening (5)      A02 A03  Ruy Lopez, Closed (5)      C91 C95 C90  King's Indian (4)      E61 E93 E60 E73	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (9)      C78 C72 C65 C64 C91  King's Indian (8)      E67 E69 E92 E82 E62  Grunfeld (7)      D81 D94 D87 D93 D92  Sicilian (6)      B91 B22 B33 B73 B60  Nimzo Indian (5)      E32 E43 E39 E45  Philidor's Defense (5)      C41

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Littlewood vs G Abrahams, 1962 1-0
   M Jago vs J Littlewood, 1965 0-1
   Bisguier vs J Littlewood, 1962 0-1

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JOHN ERIC LITTLEWOOD (born May-25-1931, died Sep-16-2009) United Kingdom [what is this?]

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 160  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Dinsen vs J Littlewood 0-1 39 1952 Liverpool tt C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 2. J Littlewood vs E Rutanen   0-1 28 1952 Liverpool tt C05 French, Tarrasch 3. Milner-Barry vs J Littlewood   0-1 40 1959 BCF-ch B22 Sicilian, Alapin 4. J Littlewood vs C Hilton 1-0 42 1959 BCF-ch C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. J Littlewood vs D Mardle   1-0 40 1959 BCF-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. J Littlewood vs Fazekas   ½-½ 65 1959 BCF-ch B27 Sicilian 7. J Littlewood vs R B Edwards   1-0 23 1959 BCF-ch C47 Four Knights 8. Wade vs J Littlewood   0-1 59 1959 BCF-ch A15 English 9. A M Hallmark vs J Littlewood   ½-½ 71 1959 BCF-ch E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 10. J Littlewood vs Aitken   0-1 76 1959 BCF-ch C71 Ruy Lopez 11. J Littlewood vs Golombek   0-1 39 1959 BCF-ch A02 Bird's Opening 12. D B Pritchard vs J Littlewood   ½-½ 50 1959 BCF-ch A05 Reti Opening 13. M Haygarth vs J Littlewood   ½-½ 33 1959 BCF-ch E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 14. J Littlewood vs Gligoric   0-1 44 1960 Hastings 6061 C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. J Littlewood vs Sliwa   0-1 56 1960 Hastings 6061 C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. Szabo vs J Littlewood   ½-½ 47 1960 Hastings A07 King's Indian Attack 17. J Littlewood vs Gligoric   1-0 48 1961 Hastings 6162 C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 18. J Littlewood vs Tan Hiong Liong 1-0 18 1961 Hastings C34 King's Gambit Accepted 19. J Littlewood vs Robatsch   0-1 32 1961 Hastings B08 Pirc, Classical 20. J Littlewood vs H Tan 1-0 34 1962 Hastings C34 King's Gambit Accepted 21. A Thomas vs J Littlewood   0-1 37 1962 Whitby British ch B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 22. C Kottnauer vs J Littlewood   ½-½ 46 1962 Whitby British ch D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 23. P C Gibbs vs J Littlewood   ½-½ 49 1962 Whitby British ch D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. J Littlewood vs Botvinnik 0-1 28 1962 England B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 25. J Littlewood vs M J Franklin   ½-½ 58 1962 Whitby British ch B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 160

Jan-17-05    DanielBryant: Anybody have any info on this guy? 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 Jul-23-06    biglo: According to a book by Martin Beheim, Littlewood was a Lincolnshire school teacher nicknamed "Little Tal" among British players. 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! Jul-23-06    biglo: Ray I was just about to post links to Paul E Littlewood and Norman Littlewood :-) 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! 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!! 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". May-25-07    whiteshark: Happy Birthday ! May-09-09    Octal: Little wood? Does that make this guy Chinese? Sep-16-09    ray keene: apparently john sadly died this morning-i am now working on a suitable tribute for the times 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. 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. 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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