John Littlewood (chess player) once a month in the English Chess Federation magazine. His brother Norman also played in four Olympiads, and his son Paul, an International Master, won the British Chess Championship in 1981. Littlewood lived in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and had seven children and eight grandchildren. John Littlewood (chess player) John Eric Littlewood (25 May 1931 – 16 September 2009) was for many years a leading British chess player and took the title of national senior champion in 2006. Perhaps his most famous game was the one he lost against the world champion Mikhail Botvinnik at the Hastings International Chess Congress 1961/2. Littlewood
Pocket Mutation Chess game is declared a draw if no capture or promotion was made for 50 consecutive moves. Besides usual pieces there are several fairy chess pieces in this game. All pieces are divided into the following classes. All pieces from the same class are of presumably the same (or close) value. Pocket Mutation Chess Pocket Mutation Chess is a chess variant invented by Mike Nelson in 2003. In this game a player can take a piece from the board and put it into a "pocket". The piece in the pocket can be put back on the board later. When placing the