| 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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| Nov-02-14 | | domradave: He wrote a great book, HOW TO PLAY THE MIDDLE GAME IN CHESS. I am reading it right now and finding the games in it on Chessgames.com.
I think the book is part of a series, which includes a book on how to play the opening, and a book on how to play the endgame, written by other authors.
Littlewood, just for this book alone, should be remembered. |
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| Jun-19-15 | | wordfunph: rest in peace, FM John Littlewood..
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20... |
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Nov-16-19
 | | fredthebear: "How to Play the Middle Game in Chess" by John Littlewood. The Reprint:
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Batsford; 2nd edition (June 30, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780713486179
ISBN-13: 978-0713486179
ASIN: 0713486171
The Original(?):
Series: Collins chess books
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Collins (1974)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 000410577X
ISBN-13: 978-0004105772
The game fragments from the book can be replayed from opening move to game's end on this internet site. Littlewood also translated a number of books into English, most notably some of the writings of Alexander Kotov and Ludek Pachman. Be aware that multiple authors of the past (various subjects) used the same name John Littlewood. |
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| Aug-31-22 | | Nosnibor: Herewith my only game against the player that they called the "Little Tal". <Event: British Seniors Championship , Round 5> <Date: 10/8/2005 > <White: J.E. Littlewood> <Black: J.K.Robinson> <Opening: Scotch Gambit C48> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.0-0 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.f51?! c5 13.Ne2 c6 14.c4 Qc8 15.f6 gxf6 16.Nbc3!? Nxc3 17.Nxc3 fxe5 18.Qh5 Be6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Qxe5 Rg8 21.Nxd5? Qc6! 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Nc7+ Qxc7! (This took my opponent by surprise.) 24.Qxc7 Rxd1+ 25.Kf2 f6 26.Qc6+ Kf7 27.Qf3 Rgd8 28.b3 c4 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.bxc4 Bb4 31.g3 Bc3 32.Rb1 Bd4+ 33.Ke2 Be5 34.Rb7 Bxc4+ 35.Kf2 Bd4+ 36.Be3 Bxe3+ 37.Kxe3 R8d3+ ( Missing checkmate through time pressure 37...Re1+ wins has pointed out by my opponent after the game.) 38.Kf4 Rd4+ 39.Ke3 R4d3+ 40.Kf4 Rd4+ 41.Ke3 Draw agreed 1/2-1/2 (There is still a win in the final position has demonstrated by J.E.L. after the game, but I had very little time on my clock to find this.) |
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