{{Short description|English chess player (born 1956)}} {{Infobox chess player | country = England | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|1|18}} | birth_place = Skegness, England | title = International Master (1980) | peakrating = 2470 (July 1986) | FideID = 400190 }}
'''Paul Edwin Littlewood''' is an English chess player.
==Chess career== In 1981, he won the British Chess Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/26/leonard-barden-chess-john-littlewood|title= Chess mourning the loss of John Littlewood |date=September 26, 2009|first=Leonard|last=Barden}}</ref>
In July 2016, he held a simultaneous exhibition against 13 students at the Letchworth's Fearnhill School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecomet.net/news/education/22412133.1981-british-chess-champion-paul-littlewood-passes-experience-simul-13-pupils-letchworths-fearnhill-school/|title=1981 British chess champion Paul Littlewood passes on experience with simul against 13 pupils at Letchworth’s Fearnhill School|date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>
In July 2024, he played for England (alongside John Nunn, Anthony Kosten, Jonathan Mestel, and Terry Chapman) in the World Senior Team Championship. The team were seeded first and won the championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/usa-and-england-triumph-in-world-senior-team-championship-2024/|title=USA and England triumph in World Senior Team Championship 2024|date=July 13, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== His father was two-time British Senior Chess Champion John Littlewood.
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==External links== *{{FIDE|400190}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Littlewood, Paul}} Category:Living people Category:1956 births Category:English chess players Category:Chess International Masters Category:People from Skegness