October 20, 1960 The Guardian Chess, London, Manchester

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Chess 20 Oct 1960, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

England v. Holland
England's narrow defeat by a Dutch team lacking Euwe was disappointing; but our preponderance of improving young players makes it likely that we shall not have to wait long before we begin a run of wins against Holland.
On the whole the Dutch had the lucky breaks: in his normal form, Milner-Barry would have scored 1½ points instead of none from his middle game positions, while Penrose, Alexander, and Mardle all missed clear chances.
Littlewood's two brilliancies were the highlight of the match. Orbaan's timid defence made him a natural victim, but Littlewood's combinative talent is so marked that one would like to see him in a master tournament. It is to be hoped that there will be a vacancy for him or Mardle (who was also a success at Flushing) in the next Hastings Premier.

John E. Littlewood (white) vs. Constant Orban (black)
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. B-Q3 N-B3 6. B-K3 P-Q4 7. N-Q2 B-K2 8. O-O Q-B2 9. N-N5 Q-N 10. P-KB4 PxP 11. NxKP P-QR3 12. N(N5)-B3 O-O 13. Q-B3 Q-B2 14. Q-R3 NxN 15. NxN P-B4 16. N-N5 BxN 17. PxB N-K2 18. P-KN4 N-N3 19. QR-K B-Q2 20. PxP PxP 21. B-Q4 P-B5 22. R-K7 NxR 23. QxPch K-B2 24. QxPch K-K 25. B-N6ch NxB 26. QxNch K-Q 27. B-N6 P-B6 28. Q-Q6 QxBch 29. QxQch K-K2 30. Q-N4ch K-K 31. R-Kch K-B2 32. R-K7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 d5 7. Nd2 Be7 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. f4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 a6 12. Nbc3 0-0 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Qh3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Ne7 18. g4 Ng6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd4 f4 22. Re7 Nxe7 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. Qxg7+ Ke8 25. Bg6+ Nxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kd8 27. Bb6 f3 28. Qd6 Qxb6+ 29. Qxb6+ Ke7 30. Qb4+ Ke8 31. Re1+ Kf7 32. Re7+ 1-0