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    François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer...
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  • The opening is named after the famous 18th-century player François-André Danican Philidor, who advocated it as an alternative to the common 2...Nc6....
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    It was analyzed by François-André Danican Philidor in 1777. Many rook and pawn versus rook endgames reach either the drawn Philidor position or the winning...
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  • One of them (François-André Danican Philidor) was a chess master. Michel Danican Philidor the elder (1580–1651) Michel Danican Philidor the younger (c...
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    30 years. Philidor occupied the position jointly with the violinist François Fossard (1642–1702), until Fossard's death, after which Philidor held it alone...
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  • André Danican Philidor may refer to: François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795), chess master and composer André Danican Philidor the elder (c. 1647–1730)...
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  • (queen versus rook) position Philidor's mate, a checkmating pattern that ends in smothered mate François-André Danican Philidor This disambiguation page lists...
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    and mating with the knight. The technique is named after François-André Danican Philidor; this is something of a misnomer, however, as it is earlier...
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    of opéra comique, by the French composer and chess champion François-André Danican Philidor which first appeared at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris, on 27...
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  • ISBN 978-0-253-11236-1. Dupont-Danican, Jean François; Philidor, Nicolas Dupont-Danican (1995). Les Philidor: une dynastie de musiciens (in French). Zurfluh...
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