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
Frank Marshall (chess player) the Queen's Gambit Declined (2...e6), Slav Defense (2...c6), and Queen's Gambit Accepted (2...dxc4). In his famous game against Stepan Levitsky, Marshall concluded with a of his queen, allowing it to be captured three different ways. Although Marshall lost to Capablanca far more often than he won (+2−20=28), he was one of only a few players ever to beat him with the black pieces. Capablanca rarely lost in the endgame. Frank Marshall (chess player) Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944) was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players