Philidor, François-André Danican

Philidor, François-André Danican,

1726–95, French chess player and composer, b. Dreux. The last in a line of well-known 17th- and 18th-century musicians, he was a celebrated composer, mainly of more than 20 operas, e.g., Tom Jones (1765). He was also the unofficial world chess champion of his era (1747–95). Among his most famous chess victories were against Philip StammaStamma, Philip or Philipp,
c.1705–55, Syrian-born chess pioneer. He lived in France and Italy before settling in England c.1737.
..... Click the link for more information. (1747) and Count Hans Bruhl (1783). Philidor was the author of the influential and widely translated Analyse du jeu des échecs (1749), the first manual of the game to explain openings, the middlegame (with a particular emphasis on the pawns), and the game's overall strategy. He is most commonly associated with the endgame's Philidor position and with the tactics called Philidor's Defense and Philidor's Legacy.

Bibliography

See biography by G. Allen (1858, repr. 1971).

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释义	Philidor, François-André Danican Philidor, François-André Danican, 1726–95, French chess player and composer, b. Dreux. The last in a line of well-known 17th- and 18th-century musicians, he was a celebrated composer, mainly of more than 20 operas, e.g., Tom Jones (1765). He was also the unofficial world chess champion of his era (1747–95). Among his most famous chess victories were against Philip StammaStamma, Philip or Philipp, c.1705–55, Syrian-born chess pioneer. He lived in France and Italy before settling in England c.1737. ..... Click the link for more information. (1747) and Count Hans Bruhl (1783). Philidor was the author of the influential and widely translated Analyse du jeu des échecs (1749), the first manual of the game to explain openings, the middlegame (with a particular emphasis on the pawns), and the game's overall strategy. He is most commonly associated with the endgame's Philidor position and with the tactics called Philidor's Defense and Philidor's Legacy. Bibliography See biography by G. Allen (1858, repr. 1971).
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