François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer...

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...

Philidor (Filidor) or Danican Philidor was a family of musicians that served as court musicians to the French kings. The original name of the family was...

The Philidor position (or Philidor's position) is a chess endgame involving a drawing technique for the defending side in the rook and pawn versus rook...

Phylidor (17??– 7 March 1829), also spelled "Phylidoor" or "Philidor", also known as "Paul Filidort" and probably the same as Paul de Philipsthal, was...

The Philidor position is an endgame position in chess where one side with only a rook defends against an opponent with a rook and a pawn. Philidor position...

pieces in a way that makes a smothered mate possible. Philidor's mate, also known as Philidor's legacy, is a checkmating pattern that ends in smothered...

André Danican Philidor the elder [French: l'aîné] (c. 1652, Versailles – 11 August 1730, Dreux), a member of the Philidorit family of French musicians...

André Danican Philidor may refer to: François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795), chess master and composer André Danican Philidor the elder (c. 1647–1730)...

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

Philidor Rx Services is a Pennsylvania-licensed specialty online pharmacy, which mainly sold Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc drugs directly to...

Openings". "Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit - Chess Openings". "Philidor Defense: Philidor Gambit - Chess Openings". "Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit...

algebraic notation to describe chess moves. In 1749 François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) published a position in which the superior side can force a...

list of the complete operas of the French composer François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795). One of the early masters of the opéra comique, he wrote 27...

Anne Danican Philidor (11 April 1681 – 8 October 1728) was a French woodwind player and composer of the Philidor family. Born in Paris on 11 April 1681...

(D'Anican) Philidor (c. 1620 – September 8, 1679) was a court musician at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIII, and a member of the prestigious Philidor family...

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

List of Subscribers to Philidor's second edition it stands as in Twiss, but the spelling was, probably, in both cases Philidor's own. Along with other...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

defender sets up a second-rank defense, which is defeated by conversion to Philidor's position. Nunn recommends that the defender try to pass through all four...

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...

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...

published in 1749, often known simply as Tom Jones Tom Jones (Philidor), a 1765 opera by Philidor based on Fielding's novel Tom Jones (Edward German), a 1907...

Persée (Perseus) is an opera by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the Paris Opera)...

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...