John Littlewood (chess Player) - Family and Personal Life

Family and Personal Life

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.

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