March 1829), also spelled "Phylidoor" or "Philidor", also known as "Paul Filidort" and probably the same as Paul de Philipsthal, was a magician and a pioneer...

The Philidor Defence (or Philidor's Defence) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 The opening is named after the famous 18th-century...

present her collection of portraits. She had accepted an invitation from Paul Philidor, a magic lantern and phantasmagoria pioneer, to exhibit her work alongside...

she accepted an invitation from lantern and phantasmagoria pioneer Paul Philidor to exhibit her work alongside his show at the Lyceum Theatre, London...

gathering”) + the suffix -ia, or ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak publicly”). Paul Philidor (also known simply as "Phylidor") announced his show of ghost apparitions...

of his time. Fluent in French, English, Spanish, and German, he read Philidor's L'analyse, the Parisian magazine La Régence, Staunton's Chess Player's...

Robert probably attended one of Paul Philidor's Phantasmagorie shows in Paris in 1792 or 1793. In 1790 in Vienna, Philidor had turned the fake séance ghost...

recreate Schrepfer's séances. In 1791 and 1792 phantasmagoria pioneer Paul Philidor advertised his shows under the title "Schröpferische Geister Erscheinungen"...

earlier French players François-André Danican Philidor and Alexandre Deschapelles (moreover, Philidor did not play by the modern rules, as then a player...

play according to their personal style. In 1749, François-André Danican Philidor published Analyse du jeu des Échecs. This was the first book to discuss...

French player François-André Danican Philidor was "supposed to be the best Chess-player in the world". Philidor wrote an extremely successful chess book...

analyzed; it was studied by Lucena and Ruy Lopez. Later it was played by Philidor. Larsen was one of the few grandmasters to play it often, after first using...

limited to: Paul Morphy François-André Danican Philidor (who often met with Benjamin Franklin) Alexandre Deschapelles Legall de Kermeur (Philidor's teacher)...

for the Lucena position, which is a win. The defender can aim for the Philidor position (which is a draw) or try to set up one of the other defensive...

notation to describe chess moves. White: Paul Morphy   Black: Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard   Opening: Philidor Defence (ECO C41) Paris, October/November...

until securing a match with Philidor at the Académie des Sciences. While Philidor won his match with the Turk, Philidor's son noted that his father called...

of Philidor and all frequented the Café de la Régence in Paris. Of these, the strongest players were Bernard, Carlier, Leger and Verdoni. Philidor, who...

Cozio (c. 1740). The great French player and theoretician André Danican Philidor opined of the Sicilian in 1777, "This way of opening the game ... is absolutely...

has the move, on which the game always depends." François-André Danican Philidor wrote in 1777 of the position illustrated that after White plays 36.Kc3...

McConnell vs. Paul Morphy, New Orleans, LA (1849)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 1 February 2012. Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 305. Philidor sacrifice. Andrew...

from Versailles who also had close ties to the family of André Danican Philidor. He gained prominence as a singer at the courts of Louis XV and Louis XVI...

already captured, e.g. the rules published in 1749 by François-André Danican Philidor. In the 19th century, this restriction was lifted, which allowed for a...

endgames goes back centuries by players such as François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) and Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (1719–1796). On the other hand...

Gioachino Greco (c. 1625), Joseph Bertin (1735), and François-André Danican Philidor (1749). The first author to attempt a comprehensive survey of the openings...

past grandmaster". Subsequently, George Walker and others referred to Philidor as a grandmaster, and the term was also applied to a few other players...

subverting it later. It can also lead to the Modern Defence, Pribyl System or Philidor Defence. 1...g6 is the Modern Defence. This is related to the Pirc Defence...

Hamburg 1844. There is also a line in the Philidor Defence named after him, based on one of his games against Paul Morphy. Morphy was of the opinion that...

place in Florence in 1266. In 1783 the great French player André Danican Philidor demonstrated his ability to play up to three blindfold games simultaneously...

Mondonville (1711–1772) Jacques Duphly (1715–1789) François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) Joseph Touchemoulin (1727–1801) François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)...

Barnes (1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive eight wins over Paul Morphy, including one game where Barnes answered 1.e4 with 1...f6, known...