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...
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Gioachino Greco (c. 1625), Joseph Bertin (1735), and François-André Danican Philidor (1749). The first author to attempt a comprehensive survey of the openings...
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ending in perpetual check, played in 1788 between Bowdler and Philidor, with Philidor giving odds of pawn and move. A draw by perpetual check used to...
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Pawnless chess endgame (section Philidor position)
endgames goes back centuries by players such as François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) and Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (1719–1796). On the other hand...
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Le Palamède (category 1847 disestablishments in France)
David McKay, 1934, p. 41. "After Philidor chess supremacy remained in the hands of the French for a long time. Philidor was succeeded by Deschapelles ....
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Bohn, 1847, p. 1. Henry A. Davidson, A Short History of Chess, David McKay, 1981, p. 144. ISBN 0-679-14550-8. François-André Danican Philidor, Analysis...
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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...
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(c. 1726 – after 1755) Karl Kohaut (1726–1784) François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) Joseph Starzer (c. 1726–1787) Joseph Anton Steffan, or Josef...
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was a great-nephew of Philidor and learned the game of chess at the Café de la Régence by Bernard and Carlier, students of Philidor. He was a pupil of Alexandre...
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University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. He then published a "Life of Philidor," the chess-player (Philadelphia, 1863). Allen was elected to the American...
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